Standard Course Syllabus
Physics 3190
Applied Optics  

Date Approved:  26 March 2001

Offered: Fall Semester annually.

 Prerequisites for this Course: Physics 2220.

 This course is a prerequisite for: None.

 Credit Hours: Three.  Two hours of lecture and one three-hour lab per week.

 Example Text: AOptics@ by Hecht, AIntroduction to Optics@ by Pedrotti & Pedrotti

 Topics Covered: Geometrical optics.  Light measurement and detection.  Thin and thick lenses.  Systems of lenses.  Polarization.  Aberrations.  Interference and interferometers.  Diffraction and diffraction gratings.  Lasers and laser beams.  Fiber optics.  Holography.  The eye.  Telescopes.

 Skills Emphasized: Working with optical apparatus in the laboratory.

 Notes: This course has an extensive laboratory component and a significant part of the student=s grade is based on laboratory reports and proficiency in the laboratory.  This course is an elective for the Physics major and a requirement for the Applied Physics major.