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. Lab required. 0.5 credit. Spring 2020. Smith, H. Spring 2021. Bester and Smith, H. Spring 2022. Staff. Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy