Lecturers don't just give projects like that out of nowhere without giving background. Even in 3rd year university they try and walk you through the thing. The only time I know of when something is given without background is design project where the person chooses the project. Seeing as how you used "lecturer" instead of teacher (or something else) it kind of sounds like a university environment (unless your terminology in your area is different than in my area)- if that is the case then why did you choose a project you know nothing about?
Either way, the thing you are doing is way cooler than the boring old thing I had to make- be happy about it and get to work!
PS. Actually now that I think about it, it sounds exactly like the same thing I had to make- except yours has a cooler name because instead of just being an audio-amplifier (*hint hint*) its an ultrasonic-audio-amplifier...and what's more, you were even given the resistor values- that's a big hint right there!