The classroom portion of this course can be varied in length from 10 to 15 weeks. Recommended prerequisites are: 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 electronic and fiber optic components.

The classroom text is presented in three parts:

• Part One places fiber optics into perspective as a transmission medium and describes its advantages over other media.
• Part Two examines fiber sources, detectors, and connectors, in contrast to the distinctly different characteristics of their electronic counterparts.
• Part Three explains in detail how fiber optic systems are designed and assembled. It covers link system design, installation, special fiber optic hardware, applications and equipment.

Hands-on experiments provided by Lab Manual and Lab Kit [IF LM].