I. Course Objective:
Study the propagation and applications of sound in the ocean

II. Pre-requisite: Engineering Mathmatics

III. Course Outline:

Wk# TOPICS
1 Ocean and Seabed Acoustics: A Physicist`s Perspective
2-3 Elementary Solutions and Basic Acoustic Quantities
4 Plane Wave Reflection from Planar Boundaries Chap 3
5-6 Acoustic Sources and Green`s Function
7 Mid-term
8-10 The Method of Normal Modes and Adiabatic Modes
11-12 The Hankel Transform: A Unified Approach to Wave
Propagation in Horizontal Stratified Media
13-16 Application of Sound in the Ocean Chap 4,5,6 (Ref.2)
17 Final Exam

IV. Evaluation：
Final exam (40%), Mid-term (40%), Homework (20%)