M.S. Program Outline
The M.S. degree can be completed in nine months by electing the coursework-only option, which requires a total of eight courses and an exam. Two other options, the thesis option and the M.S. Co-Op option (which includes a 12-month work block in the optics industry), each require two years to complete. At the present time, those with an M.S. degree in Optics are being eagerly recruited by industry. The number of job and career opportunities available is significantly greater than the number of M.S. degrees we grant each year.
Our current course offerings include:
- OPT 256 Optics Laboratory
- OPT 411 Mathematical Methods
- OPT 412 Quantum Mechanics for Optics
- OPT 421 Optical Properties of Semiconductors
- OPT 425 Radiation and Detectors
- OPT 428Optical Communication Systems
- OPT 441 Geometrical and Instrumental Optics I
- OPT 442 Geometrical and Instrumental Optics II
- OPT 443 Optical Fabrication and Testing Technology
- OPT 444 Lens Design
- OPT 448 Principles of Eye Design
- OPT 461 Physical Optics I
- OPT 462 Physical Optics II
- OPT 465 Laser Systems
- OPT 467 Nonlinear Optics
- OPT 492 Optical Interference Coating Technology
- OPT 492 Medical Optics
- OPT 551 Quantum Electronics I
- OPT 552 Quantum Electronics II
- OPT 562 Advanced Physical Optics - Scattering of Light
- OPT 564 Theory of Optoelectronic Systems
- OPT 568 Waveguide Optoelectronic Devices
- OPT 592 Nano Optics
- OPT 5xx Modern Coherence Theory
Graduate School Schedule of Charges
Please contact us if you have questions regarding this information:
Graduate Admissions
The Institute of Optics
University of Rochester
Box 270186
Rochester, NY 14627-0186
by phone at (585) 275-7764
or by email at (gradadmissions@optics.rochester.edu)