Electroacoustics as an Introductory Non-STEM Course

It is common for colleges to require non-STEM students to take at least one lab-intensive science course. Physics departments typically offer survey courses (introduction to astronomy, conceptual phsyics) or courses with broad appeal (energy and the environment, physics of sports). At Elon University, the pre-existing Physics of Sound course did not fully meet the desires of the Music Production and Recording Arts program, so a new course in electroacoustics was developed. This poster will address the course content, lab activities, lab materials, challenges in development, and feedback from the first iteration of the course, as well as future plans for the course.