ELECTRO-ACOUSTICAL ENGINEERING

ECE 401

Course Description

Principles of plane and spherical sound waves; acoustical, mechanical, and electrical analogies; electroacoustic transducer materials and techniques; specific types of transducers such as microphones and loudspeakers.

Prerequisties

ECE 203 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.64

1.47% from Historical

Completion Rate

96.77%

-0.83% from Historical

A Rate

69.35%

20.52% from Historical

Class Size

37.22% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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