An intermediate fiber optics curriculum for vocational and trade schools, industrial arts and university level classwork. Courses can be tailored in length from 10 to 15 weeks. Recommended prerequisites: a basic understanding of electronics and mathematics. Course includes a text for classroom or lecture, lab course containing a comprehensive series of student experiments, and lab kit with all required components.

Coursework includes:

• Historical Background to Fiber Optics
• Definitions and Fundamental Principals
• Theory of Fiber Optic Transmission
• Fiber Optic Cable Construction
• Connecting Fibers
• Optical Drivers and Detectors
• Fiber Optic System design