Optics 1, 10.5 credits
Optik 1, 10.5 hpThis course syllabus is valid from spring 2021.
- Course code
- 1OP065
- Course name
- Optics 1
- Credits
- 10.5 credits
- Form of Education
- Higher Education, study regulation 2007
- Main field of study
- Optometry
- Level
- G1 - First cycle 1
- Grading scale
- Fail (U), pass (G) or pass with distinction (VG)
- Department
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience
- Decided by
- Utbildningsnämnden CNS
- Decision date
- 2019-04-10
- Revised by
- Education committee CNS
- Last revision
- 2020-10-14
- Course syllabus valid from
- Spring 2021
Specific entry requirements
Objectives
On completion of the course, the student should be able to
- account for and use the concept of image in an optical system
- solve optical problems related to paraxial reproduction, lateral magnification and visual fields in systems of spherical lenses and surfaces.
- use simple eye models
- account for spherical refractive errors of the eye and the concept of far point and make simple calculations of optical correction based on the correction principle
- describe and analyse imaging properties of a compound optical system by means of a major plane
- evaluate visual instruments and visual aid based on the concepts angular magnification and visual field
- account for function and calculate optical characteristics of various basic optical instruments
- account for basic wave concepts and the relevance of the wave length of light to the eye's experience of colour
- explain the meaning of various wave length dependent characteristics of materials
- account to and apply the concepts of polarisation, interference and diffraction in situations that are relevant to the eye and the visual system.
Content
Basic optics, 4.5 hp
Continuation basic optics, 5.0 hp
Laboratory, 1.0 hp
Teaching methods
Examination
Module 1, Basic Optics is assessed through written examination. Grading scale: Fail/Pass
The module is given the same grade as the written examination.
Module 2, Optics Continuation is assessed through written examination. Grading scale: Fail/Pass/Pass with distinction
The module is given the same grade as the written examination.
Module 3, Laboratory sessions is assessed through passed laboratory assignments. Grading scale for each assignment: Fail/Pass
For a Pass grade in module 3, the grade Pass is required on all laboratory assignments.
Course grade
For a Pass grade on the entire course, the grade Pass is required on all modules.
For the grade Pass with distinction on the entire course, the grade Pass is required on module 1 and 3, and Pass with distinction is required on module 2.
Limitation on the number of practical tests or practical training sessions
Student who do not pass the regular examination is entitled to retake the examination on five more occasions. If the student has carried out six failed examinations/tests no additional examinations will be given. As examination trails, the occasions when the student has participated in the same test are counted. Submission of blank exam is counted as an examination trial. An electronic examination that has been opened via the learning management system counts as an examination trial, even if the examination is not submitted. Examination to which the student registered but not participated in, will not be counted as an examination trial. In order for an examination assignment to be relevant for assessment, it must have been submitted by the appointed time, otherwise the student is referred to the re-examination opportunity.
Possibility of exception from the course syllabus' regulations on examination
If there are special grounds, or a need for adaptation for a student with a disability, the examiner may decide to deviate from the syllabus's regulations on the examination form, the number of examination opportunities, the possibility of supplementation or exemptions from the compulsory section/s of the course etc. Content and learning outcomes as well as the level of expected knowledge, skills and attitudes may not be changed, removed or reduced.
Transitional provisions
Other directives
The course is given in cooperation with the department of Applied physics, section of Biomedical physics and X-ray physics at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). The course may be given in parallel with the course Basic Optometry 1 and Research Methodology.
Some teaching may be in English.
Literature and other teaching aids
Mandatory literature
Institutionen för tillämpad fysik, KTH, 2020
Recommended literature
11. ed. : Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003 - 563 s. ISBN:0-7506-4248-3 LIBRIS-ID:8917891 Library search