Undergraduate Program
Course Schedule Example
Below is an example of one possible four-year schedule for optics and optical engineering students. See also the class of 2019 (and beyond) example schedule for the Math 16X series sequence.
First Year | |
Fall | Spring |
MATH 161 Calculus IA | MATH 162 Calculus IIA |
Class of 2016, 2017, 2018: CHEM 131 CHEM Concepts, Systems, Practice I | PHYS 121 Mechanics |
WRTG 105 College Writing Course (or Cluster Course) | Cluster Course (or WRTG 105 College Writing Course) |
EAS 105 Introduction to Optics (recommended) | Class of 2017, 2018: CSC 160 Computing Course |
Second Year | |
Fall | Spring |
OPT 241 Geometrical Optics | OPT 287 Math Methods for Optics & Physics |
OPT 201 Geometrical Optics Lab | OPT 261 Interference & Diffraction |
MATH 164 Multidimensional Calculus | OPT 202 Physical Optics Lab |
PHYS 122 Electricity & Magnetism | PHYS 123 Waves & Modern Physics |
Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective | Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective |
Third Year | |
Fall | Spring |
OPT 262 Electromagnetic Theory | OPT 225 Optical Sources and Detectors |
OPT 242 Aberrations and Testing | OPT 204 Sources and Detectors Lab |
OPT 203 Instrumentation Lab | OPT 223 Quantum Theory of Optics |
MATH 165 Linear Algebra with Differential Equations | ECE 210 Circuits & Microcontrollers for Engineers or equivalent |
Class of 2016, 2017, 2018: Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective | Class of 2016, 2017, 2018: Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective |
Fourth year | |
Fall | Spring |
OPT 310 Senior Design I | OPT 311 Senior Design II |
OPT 320 Senior Thesis I | OPT 321 Senior Thesis II |
Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective | Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective |
Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective | Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective |
Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective | Cluster course, technical elective, or free elective |