Acoustics
 
            
                
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                Physical Sciences
            
            What is it about?
            A program that focuses on the scientific study of sound, and the properties and behavior of acoustic wave phenomena under different conditions.  Includes instruction in wave theory, the acoustic wave equation, energy transformation, vibration phenomena, sound reflection and transmission, scattering and surface wave phenomena, singularity expansion theory, ducting, and applications to specific research problems such as underwater acoustics, crystallography, and health diagnostics. 
                
            
                                
        
                
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                 Average private university graduating class: 6 students.            
                
                
 
             
            
                O's Insights on Acoustics
                
                    - Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.