Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 06 - Physical and life sciences and technologies
• 40. - Physical sciences
• 40.08 - Physics

40.0807 - Optics/optical sciences

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of light energy, including its structure, properties and behaviour under different conditions. These programs include courses in wave theory, wave mechanics, electromagnetic theory, physical optics, geometric optics, quantum theory of light, photon detecting, laser theory, wall and beam properties, chaotic light, non-linear optics, harmonic generation, optical systems theory, and applications to engineering problems.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • atmospheric and space optics
  • electro-optics
  • optical science
  • optics
  • optics physics

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • dispensing optician(51.1801)
  • optical engineering(14.1003)
  • optometric assistant(51.1802)
  • optometry(51.1701)
  • orthoptics(51.1804)
  • photonics technology(15.0304)
  • physiological optics(26.0909)