BIRCHAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences

MODULE: Optics

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 24 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION:

This program takes care of the propagation and the behavior of the light. Light is the electromagnetic radiation that extends from x-rays to the microwaves, and includes the radiating energy that produces the vision sensation. It deals with the all the aspects of optics related to the vision.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

Nature of Light

Spectroscopy

Academic Supervisor: Guido Fuortes

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

Nature of Light

This course examines the theories on the nature of the light. It considers the corpuscular model, the light undulant model, wave surface concept, quantic and dual models, and the energetic model. It examines parallel and divergent light hazes impacting on a surface: reflection and refraction.

Instructor: Guido Fuortes

Spectroscopy

This course deals with atomic emissions and absorption spectroscopy, determination and description of color, methods of excitation and detection, molecular electronic spectroscopy, instrumental characteristics, applications to quantitative determinations, sources and control of errors and interferences.

Instructor: Guido Fuortes

Optics

This course examines the luminous beam concepts and refraction index. It deals with the origin of the refraction index and chromatic dispersion. It considers the laws of optics for homogeneous means and isotrops, some applications of the Fermat principle, the theorem of Malus-Dupin, the theory of optical representation, optical systems, object and image.

Instructor: Guido Fuortes

Optical lenses

This course explains divergent and convergent lenses, focal points, focal distance, focal plans, power, increases and composed systems. It considers cardinal elements: focus and focal plans, points and principal plans, points and nodal plans, paraxial equations of correspondence, and systems coupling: bulk lens, lenses and mirror couplings.

Instructor: Guido Fuortes

Optics & the Human Eye

This course explores the pupils in optical systems, the eye as composed system, and the cardinal elements of a composed optical system.

Instructor: Guido Fuortes

Optical Alteration

This course examines emmetropia, ametropies, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism. It also considers distant vision systems: telescopes, eye wear, and optical prisms.

Instructor: Guido Fuortes

Optical Systems

This course examines the opening diaphragms of an optical system, the pupils of entry and exit, field diaphragm, lucarnas of entry and exit, field size and limitations. It explores the optical systems and their aberrations. It studies the optical aberration concept, monochromatic aberrations, spherical aberration, comma, astigmatism, field curvature, distortion, chromatic aberrations, and achromatic doublets.

Instructor: Guido Fuortes

Optical Instruments

This course examines the photographic camera, nearby vision systems: the magnifier, the microscope, and optical and digital image processing. It also explores visual processing models, ophthalmologic instrumentation, lasers and biomedical applications.

Instructor: Guido Fuortes

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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.

Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.

Non formal and independent education.