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OPTOM 206Geometrical Optics

Faculty
Science
Offered
Fall
Credit
0.5
Last listed
1979–80

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1973–74 to 1979–80; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

Reflection and refraction. Image formation. Optical properties of plane and curved surfaces, prisms and thin lenses. Thick lens theory and lens systems. Ray construction. Optical and ophthalmic instruments. Polarization.

As printed in the 1973–74 to 1979–80 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: Phys 121, 121L, 122,122L, Math 113

Check it elsewhere

    In the scanned calendars

    How it read in each calendar from 1973–74 to 1979–80, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

    1973–74 to 1979–80 7 calendars

    Reflection and refraction. Image formation. Optical properties of plane and curved surfaces, prisms and thin lenses. Thick lens theory and lens systems. Ray construction. Optical and ophthalmic instruments. Polarization.

    Prereq: Phys 121, 121L, 122,122L, Math 113

    Offered Fall · 3 class, 3 lab hours a week · 0.5 credit