PHYS 2260 - Optics
(3 Credits, Lab Required)

A survey of refraction, reflection, simple lens systems and optical systems, dispersion, achromatism and an elementary treatment of diffraction, interference, and polarization. May not be held with PHYS 2261. Prerequisites: A "C" or better in PHYS 1050 or PHYS 1051, or a "C+" or better in PHYS 1020 or PHYS 1021; and a "C" or better in one of MATH 1230, MATH 1500, MATH 1501, MATH 1510, MATH 1520, or MATH 1690. Prerequisite or Corequisite: one of PHYS 1070, PHYS 1071, PHYS 1030, PHYS 1031 or PHYS 2152; and one of MATH 1220, MATH 1300, MATH 1301, or MATH 1310; and one of MATH 1232, MATH 1690, MATH 1700, MATH 1701, MATH 1710.