A half-semester introduction to geometric and wave optics, including ray diagrams, matrix optics, polarization, Jones matrices, interference, and diffraction. Prerequisite: single-variable calculus (MATH 025 or MATH 026); may be taken as a corequisite with permission of the instructor. This class has a weekly laboratory requirement. 0.5 credit. Second half of the semester. Spring 2015. Grossman. http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy Physics and Astronomy