Course Outline
| Class 1: | Introduction, Properties of Light............................................................................................................ | 8 / 26,27 |
| Class 2: | History of Glass, Basic Optics................................................................................................................ | 9 / 2,3 |
| Class 3: | Vision............................................................................................................................................................ | 9 / 9,10 |
| Class 4: | Early Art and Optical Devices................................................................................................................. | 9 / 16,17 |
| Class 5: | Color.............................................................................................................................................................. | 9 / 23,24 |
| Class 6: | The Microscope.......................................................................................................................................... | 9 / 30, 10/1 |
| Class 7: | The Telescope ........................................................................................................................................... | 10 / 7,8 |
| Class 8: | Tour of the Large Mirror Lab (Research Paper Topics due)........................................................... | 10 / 14,15 |
| Class 9: | Photography .............................................................................................................................................. | 10 / 21,22 |
| Class 10: | Pinhole Cameras ...................................................................................................................................... | 10 / 28,29 |
| Class 11: | The Laser (Research Papers Due)....................................................................................................... | 11 / 4,5 |
| Class 12: | Beyond the Visible--Ultraviolet and Infrared .................................................................................... | 11 / 11,12 |
| Class 13: | Optical Communications (Multi-media Topics Due).......................................................................... | 11 / 18,19 |
| NO CLASS | THANKSGIVING......................................................................................................................................... | 11 / 25,26 |
| Class 14: | Current Research in Optics--"The Next Revolution"........................................................................ | 12 / 2,3 |
| Multi-media Presentations DUE by 5pm..............................................................................................Friday, Dec. 10 | ||
| FINAL EXAM for Thursday, sec. 8 (Multi-media Presentations to the class).............................Thursday, Dec. 16 (2-4pm) | ||
| FINAL EXAM for Friday, sec. 9 (Multi-media Presentations to the class)....................................Friday, Dec. 17 (11am-1pm) | ||
GRADING CRITERIA:
Research Paper
40%
Data Mining via the
Internet 20%
Multi-media
Presentation
30%
Class
Attendance
10%
Useful Resources on the Web:
Laser Focus World
Photonics Spectra
OSA
(Optical Society of America)
TSOSA
(Tucson Section of the Optical Society of America--our student optics
organization)
SPIE
(The International Society for Optical Engineering)