The Development Of Hands On Fiber Optics Undergraduate Course

This paper outlines the development of a one credit undergraduate laboratory course to be taught concurrent with a lecture course. Students in this laboratory course learn about a variety of subjects pertinent to fiber optics and contemporary design techniques for communication systems and sensing within electrical engineering curriculum. This laboratory course is designated exclusively to hands-on experience. The course is designed to cover a wide area of fiber optic basic theories and applications. It includes laboratory experiments introducing students to the following: basic knowledge, skills and manual dexterity needed for handling and testing fiber optic waveguides, characteristics of optical components, fiber optic communication systems, and fiber optic sensing systems.