Wave Propagation
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this graduate-level course on the theory and analysis of wave phenomena across science and engineering. Lectures build the mathematical framework for wave problems and apply it to examples drawn from elasticity, acoustics, geophysics, hydrodynamics, blood flow, and nondestructive evaluation. The course treats waves as a unifying concept, showing how the same equations describe a seismic pulse moving through rock, sound traveling through air, and pressure waves in an artery. Materials include lecture notes and problem sets published through MIT's OpenCourseWare platform, free to access with no enrollment required. There is no certificate, since OCW is a self-paced archive of course materials rather than an instructor-led class. The course suits students with a solid background in differential equations and physics who want to see wave mathematics applied across multiple engineering disciplines rather than confined to one.