OPTH 120 - Principles of Optics

Institution:

Raritan Valley Community College

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Description:

Prerequisites: OPTH 100 - Ophthalmic Materials I and OPTH 101 - Ophthalmic Materials II. Corequisite: OPTH 111 - OphthalmicDispensing I Lecture. This course includes the study of the concepts of geometric optics, and the principles and nature of light. These principles are applied in the study of how light behaves in practical optical systems including lenses, spherical and plane mirrors, Galilean and astronomical telescopes, prisms and the human eye.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.raritanval.edu

Phone Number:

(908) 526-1200

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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