From everyday contact with the architectural profession, we see clearly that few practicing architects really understand enough about acoustics to apply it effectively in architectural and urban design. This shortcoming can be attributed largely to the lack of acoustics training in architecture schools. Some schools have fortunately progressed beyond the physics survey course to well-taught, practically oriented acoustics courses; but these are few in number, and there is room for much wider extension of acoustics training. This paper presents a brief outline of the information that a student could acquire in a basic acoustics course and should know before graduation.