The Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics at Duke University is now offering a Photonics Graduate Certificate. Director of Graduate Studies, Bob Guenther and Co-Director, Jungsang Kim, have provided the program’s requirements, process and a course list for your guidance. For further details, please contact Dr. Bob Guenther at bob.guenther@duke.edu 

• Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) : Dr. Bob Guenther
• Co-Director is Jungsang Kim
• Application Process
  • Application must be received at least one semester prior to the semester the student is scheduled to graduate
  • Students are encouraged to apply early
• When filing Graduate School Intent to Receive Degree Form
  • Indicate to receive the Photonics Graduate Certificate
  • Meet with DGS and provide following information
    • Semester Survey Course was taken
    • List of three courses from the approved list
    • Graduate transcript
    • Title and time of the seminar given by the student
    • Ph.D. dissertation title and abstract (if applicable)
    • List of Ph.D. dissertation committee members (if applicable)
    • Date of Ph.D. thesis defense (if applicable)

• Four photonics courses from the approved course listing, of which one course must be a qualified “Introductory Survey Course” (See Certificate Course List)
• One research presentation for the Fitzpatrick Institute Student Groups
• The DGS will maintain list of approved student seminar series
• Attend at least four FIP seminars a year
• For Ph.D. candidate, one member of the FIP must be on the Ph.D. dissertation committee
  

• Approved Elective Courses (as of Nov 2007)
  - *ECE 299 Introduction to Photonics (Before Fall 2007)
  - *BME 265/ECE 299/PHY 265 Advanced Optics
       - Permanent course number to be assigned
  - *BME 335 Advances in Photonics
  - BME 236 Biophotonics Instrumentation
  - BME 274 Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy
  - BME 265 Modern Microscopy
  - BME 265 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics
  - CHEM 349 Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging
  - ECE 225 Nanophotonics
  - ECE 226 Optoelectronic Devices
  - ECE 227/PHY 272 Quantum Information Science
  - ECE 273 Optical Communications Systems
  - ECE 299 Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy
  - ECE 299 Laser Systems
  - ECE 299 Quantum Electronics
  - ME 265 Optical Properties of Nanostructured Materials
  - PHY 271 Quantum Optics
  - PHY 318 Fundamentals of Electromagnetism
  - PHY 319 Advanced Electromagnetism

* Qualifies as Introductory Survey Course