HMO101 - Principles of Optics

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Dipesh Bhattarai
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in D302 Bachelor of Vision Science/Master of Optometry.

Up to 10 places may be offered to students not enrolled in D302, please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

2 or 3 hours of on-campus and online lectures per week
1 x 1 hour concept feedback seminar per fortnight
Up to 6 x 2 hour application feedback seminars across the trimester
4 x 2 hour practical experiences (workshops) across the trimester.

Content

Specific topics include the physical nature of light, colour, reflection, refraction, plane and curved mirrors, thin and thick lenses and ray tracing. In studying these topics, students will also learn to apply the knowledge, for example by performing ray traces through optical elements, such as curved surfaces or lenses, and determining the different characteristics of the images formed by these elements. Practical classes will provide the opportunity for the students to observe the ‘real world’ effect of the different optical elements on light, whilst also introducing them to working in teams.

ULO

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Describe a range of optics concepts and principles.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Record and/or identify optical elements, objects, images, distances and angles using the appropriate symbols sign conventions, units and magnitudes.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO3

Identify the properties of an image (or conjugate object) produced by a range of individual optical elements, using either graphical or analytical approaches. Recognise the specific characteristics of the different elements involved.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Demonstrate a basic understanding of the geometrical and optical characteristics of the lenses used for the correction of spherical refractive error used in spectacles.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO5

Describe the nature of light as a wave and a particle and define the basic photometric and radiometric parameters used to measure light.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO6

Work and contribute effectively in group-based learning activities.

GLO6: Self-management
GLO7: Teamwork

For more specific learning objectives for assessment and for each topic, please refer to the assignment documentation and study guides.

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Pre-practical quizzes (MCQs) 3 x 15 minutes 3 Pre-practical quizzes, 5% each
Total: 15%
  • Weeks 2, 4, 8
Assessment 2: 4 Investigative Reports that typically include short answer questions, diagrams and/or calculations 4 reports

Individual reports: 20%
Peer-review team work: 5%
Total: 25%

  • Weeks 3, 5, 7, 9
Assessment 3: Mid-trimester test (SAQs) Short answer questions 20%
  • Week 6
Assessment 4: Examination 2 hours 40%
  • End-of-unit assessment period 

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HMO101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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