Students take at least three courses in optics, one of which must be ECEN 5606 Optics Laboratory. Fourier Optics Additional coursework will be completed to satisfy the PhD requirements of the student's home department. During the first two years, students rotate through three optics-based laboratory projects, one of which is outside the student's home department.
Students participate in a three-month internship in an industrial laboratory.
All students participate in a common interdisciplinary optics seminar in which they present their research problems and results as well as hear presentations by outside speakers from academia and industry. After the first two years, PhD students commence an in-depth doctoral dissertation program.