#	Lecture Date	Lecture Topic	Reading	Homework and Tests
Unit 1
1	W Jan 23	Overview of course; first exposure (pun intended) to light; c	Ch 1§1,2
2	F Jan 25	speed of light; units, scientific notation, prefixes for units	Ch 1§2,3,4
3	M Jan 28	history of the nature of light: partciles vs. (?) waves? waves: frequency, wavelength, velocity; the "speed of space," gravity, nuclear forces, etc.	Ch 1§4, Ch 2§1
4	W Jan 30	electromagnetic spectrum (radio, infrared, microwave, visible, UV, X-ray, gamma...) energy, "r squared" law, blackbody radiation	Ch 2§1-4
5	F Feb 1	shadows, eclipses (umbra, penumbra), nature of waves, law of reflection, fun with mirrors, specular vs. diffuse	Ch 2§4,5	Participation #1
6	M Feb 4*	plasma frequency, refraction (including index of), Snell's law	Ch 2§4,5
7	W Feb 6	total internal reflection, dispersion, diamonds, rainbows and mirages	Ch 2§5,6
Unit 2
8	F Feb 8	begin geometrical optics: mirror, mirror on the wall...plane or spherical	Ch 3§1,2,3	HW #1
9	M Feb 11	more geometrical optics	Ch 3§1,2,3	HW #1
10	W Feb 13	convex & concave mirrors, ray rules	Ch 3§3
11	F Feb 15	on to lenses! convex (converging) lenses, diverging lenses (and ray rules!) real vs. virtual images!	Ch 3§3,4
12	M Feb 18	Test on Unit 1 (Chapters 1 & 2)
13	W Feb 20	finish diverging lens ray rules, power...on to Thin Lens Equations! aberrations, Fresnel lens, compound lenses	Ch 3§4, Appendix E
14	F Feb 22	Daguerreotypes, basic film chemistry, pinhole camera, anamorphic art	Ch 3§3-5; Ch 4§7; Ch 8 (foreshadowing)
Unit 3
15	M Feb 25	cameras: pinhole vs lensed; aperture; depth-of-field; parts of a camera	Ch 2§2B, Ch 4§1,2
16	W Feb 27	shutters, lenses, "f-number", exposure	Ch 4§3,4,5	HW #2
17	F Mar 1	Exposure! And a little on digital cameras (uh-oh, there's nothing in the text about that!)	Ch 4§6
18	M Mar 4	digital cameras; the (hairy?) eyeball! (and the evolution thereof)	Ch 5§1
19	W Mar 6	SNOW DAY!
20	F Mar 8	Test on Unit 2 (Chapters 3 & 6)
21	M Mar 11	parts of the eye: you know what the eyelens is, but how important is it? visual acuity (it's the angle that matters!): myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, accommodation	Ch 5§2
22	W Mar 13	retina, rods & cones, fovea, blind spot, optic nerve, sensitivity, process time, latency, persistence, adaptation	Ch 5§3
Unit 4
23	F Mar 15	Processing the image...basic lightness perception	Ch 7§1,2,3
SPRING BREAK: Schedule below highly subject to change
24	M Mar 25	multi-lensed instruments: microscopes, telescopes	Ch 6	HW #3
25	W Mar 27	multi-lensed instruments: microscopes, telescopes
26	F Mar 29	"Free day"
27	M Apr 1	Test on Unit 3 (Chapters 4 & 5)
28	W Apr 3	Illusions! lateral inhibition and channel saturation, retinal stabilization, simultaneous contrast, negative afterimages, latency vs. persistence, motion aftereffects, saccades, tremors, drifts	Ch 7§3-6
29	F Apr 5	3d depth cues: accommodation, convergence, parallax, binocular disparity, pulfrich effect	Ch 8§1-5
30	M Apr 8	more (ambiguous) depth cues; artists' tricks: size, overlay, shadows, coloring (blue for distance), linear perspective (more illusions! Necker cube!), crepuscular rays, anti-crepuscular rays, patterns and EXPECTATIONS!	Ch 8§6
Unit 5
31	W Apr 10**	Color! RGB system in computers; spectral colors (monochromatic); HSL system	Ch 9§1-3
32	F Apr 12	Additive color mixing; R O Y G C B, W K; chromaticity diagram (1931 CIE); partitive mixing	Ch 9§4,5
33	M Apr 15	negative color (hints of chapter 10); color gamut of human vision; subtractive color mixing; dependence on light source; CMYK printer colors (dyes, paints, pigments);	Ch 9§6,7	HW #4
34	W Apr 17	Human vision; opponent processing color theory is not a "red Hering" (bad pun); color "deficiencies", simultaneous color contrast	Ch 10§1-6
35	F Apr 19	Test on Unit 4 (Chapters 7-9)
36	M Apr 22	soap film "rainbows" aren't! interference of coherent sources; reflections	Ch 12§1,2
37	W Apr 24	applications of interference; diffraction gratings; CDs	Ch 12§2,3,5
38	F Apr 26	scattering...	Ch 12§
39	M Apr 29	polarization is not about the North Pole! sunglasses and sky	Ch 13§
40	W May 1	Class Cancelled
Special Topic
41	F May 3	Holograms	Ch §	HW #5
42	M May 6	Beginning of Final Review Session
43	W May 8	Final Review Session
44	W May 15	FINAL EXAM (confirmed): Wednesday, May 15th 1:30-3:30pm in Phys 1410	Chs. 1-10,12.1-5, 13.? + digital cameras