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Learner Reviews & Feedback for First Order Optical System Design by University of Colorado Boulder

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About the Course

This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5600, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. Optical instruments are how we see the world, from corrective eyewear to medical endoscopes to cell phone cameras to orbiting telescopes. When you finish this course, you will be able to design, to first order, such optical systems with simple mathematical and graphical techniques. This first order design will allow you to develop the foundation needed to begin all optical design as well as the intuition needed to quickly address the feasibility of complicated designs during brainstorming meetings. You will learn how to enter these designs into an industry-standard design tool, OpticStudio by Zemax, to analyze and improve performance with powerful automatic optimization methods....

Top reviews

JA

Aug 8, 2022

I enjoyed very much this course! It gives a detailed (yet understandable for a broader audience) introduction to several methodologies to understand optical systems, mostly lenses, and their design.

RG

Aug 25, 2019

Really nice course with very clear explanations of the principles of optical engineering and learn how to use ZEMAX Opticstudio to simulate your optical system

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By James D

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May 7, 2020

Good info - but assumes a decent working knowledge of optics. Learned quite a bit from the capstone project, but the exam was rough (lots of curveballs).

By Chris N

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Aug 16, 2023

Some of the online presentation and in-class quizzes need to be reviewed. Also, a few more worked examples can help cement the sign notation better.

By Tarik S

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Apr 2, 2020

It was not easy to pass the course as the materials given is not in the level of the assignments!

By M S R

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Oct 7, 2020

This course took me months to complete because of messed up recognizing the answering system.

By Martin G

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Oct 30, 2022

The worst course in my life. The first lecture was about the history of optics. After the lecture, you need to calculate the optical wavefront and angle of rays. However, no one gives you equations and how can you calculate it. You serious? There is no references and information where can I find the information. Don't waste your time and try to find another course.

Best regards,

Martin

By Kim M

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May 11, 2022

Too difficult, I've never expected at this level. They didn't teach detail, and told us to complete the assignments. If someone can pass the homework, it's actually no need to take this class IMO.

I give up at first week. I hope other people get suceed in this class. I'm down. I'm too stupid for taking this class. The course makes me furustrated a lot !