| 1 | The nature of light, the propagation of light in a medium, the measurement of the speed of light, the photon property of light (photon, photon energy, Planck's constant) |
| 2 | Wave theory, electromagnetic waves, oscillating electric and magnetic fields (amplitude, wavelength, frequency, electromagnetic wave spectrum, visible light), energy carried by electromagnetic waves, |
| 3 | Wave-particle duality, the particle model of light (photoelectric effect, Compton effect...), the wave nature of light (interference, diffraction...), Maxwell's equations |
| 4 | The spectrum of electromagnetic waves, radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, ultraviolet waves, X-rays, gamma rays |
| 5 | Ray approach in geometric optics, reflection, refraction, laws of reflection and refraction, refractive index and wave nature of light, total internal reflection, applications of total internal reflection |
| 6 | The separation of white light into colors and prisms, colorless prisms and lenses, magnifying glasses, photometers, lens-mirror combinations, Huygens' principle, Shadow, |
| 7 | midterm exam |
| 8 | Interference, coherence, polarization, constructive and destructive interference, diffraction, scattering, reflection, transmission and absorption of light rays, properties of illumination light, laser sources, laser output, |
| 9 | Refraction and reflection on a plane surface, images formed by plane mirrors, special cases involving plane mirrors, |
| 10 | Convex mirrors, concave mirrors (inwardly curved), |
| 11 | Convex mirrors, |
| 12 | Reflection on a spherical surface, images formed by spherical mirrors, image of a point object, spherical mirror, focal point, and focal length |
| 13 | Optical elements and Optical devices |
| 14 | Graphical method for mirrors, images formed by refraction, plane refracting surfaces, refracting optical elements, reflecting optical elements |