Laptop: You are expected to have a laptop such as one of the NMU-issued laptops.
Required Calculator: You will need a calculator with basic scientific functions including trig functions and logs. This should cost no more than about $10. For example: TI-30XA
Recommended text:
There is no required text.
A recommended text is Physics Behind Music, by Bryan H. Suits, published by Cambridge University Press,
2023.
Another one is Musical Acoustics, 3rd Edition, by Donald E. Hall, published by Brookes and Cole.
If you choose not to acquire one of these books, the course web site and other materials provided will be sufficient to give you everything you need.
Please do not purchase any of the 'bookstore recommended' items. These are marketed by the bookstore and are not needed or useful for the class.