This is an introductory course in optics. It is offered to students from faculties other than science who wish to make up their semester course load
At the end of the course the student should be able to:· List the properties of light;· Analyse the propagation of light and extend its applications to optical instruments.· State the basic principles of interference and diffraction of light and their respective applications.· List the basic principles of polarization of light and its production;· Produce, detect and apply principles of polarised light to every-day life situations.