1) General course in optics: Geometrical optics, wave optics, lens aberrations, optical system design for camera and projectors, zoom lenses, anamorphic lenses, diffraction limit of resolution, lens field and field curvature, depth of forms, MTF of lenses and systems, film properties, color rendition, diffraction gratings, holography, schlierin optics (single and multiple), entendu limits, light sources, color temperature, electro-optic transducers, lasers, LEDs, OLEDs, plasmas, phosphors, sensors (CCD, CMOS, etc.) As can be seen, although many of the topics are typical of those found in an optical engineering course, some are unlikely to be found outside of an electronic imaging program.

2) Displays and electrical and optical properties of material: Electron optics, thermionic emission, field emission, liquid crystals, Bragg diffraction, space-charge limited conduction in fluids, transmission active-matrix displays, reflective active-matrix displays, diffractive displays, color selection, field sequential, Beyer pattern filters, selection by diffraction, plasma displays, electroluminescent displays, LED displays, laser scanning displays, OLED displays, DMD displays, diffractive displays.

3) Visual and auditory perception: Sensory and neural structure of the eye-brain, sensory and neural structure of the ear-brain, contrast sensitivity function of luminance and color, temporal masking, spatial masking, ocular dominance columns, spatial frequency analysis the brain does in luminance, color processing by the brain, oblique effect, Weber-Fechner law, temporal response vs. spatial response, flicker perception, notion perception, eye tracking, accommodation vs. age, adaptation to color and luminance, surround influence on color perception, color and temporal response vs. brightness, binocular depth perception, Fletcher-Munsen curves, binaural direction perception, Haas effect, hearing response vs. age.