EDUCATION
CIAN aspires to reach out to students and professionals (including industry
members and eucators seeking professional development) to improve
their understanding of and interest in STEM fields, specifically in optics &
photonics.
PHOTONICS HUB EDUCATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE
CIAN offers an online, freely-accessibly clearinghouse of educational
materials developed by educators on topics of optics, photonics, phys-
ics, engineering, and more. These materials are available at http://pho-
tonicshub.org
HIGHER
EDUCATION IN
PHOTONICS
Intereseted in pursuing a higher education oppor-
tunity with CIAN? We offer distance-learning pro-
CIAN Curriculum
SUPERCOURSE
grams for a Graduate Certificate in Photonics Com- The CIAN Supercourse has developed significantly over the past
munication Engineering (PCE) as well as a Masters few years in both the way it is implemented and the breadth of
in Science in PCE. Learn more at: http://goo.gl/ its content. The focus of the Supercourse at the undergraduate
WGIH9T and graduate level – the University of Arizona’s two semester
course in Photonic Communications Engineering - began as
PHOTONICS
EDUCATION
WEBINARS
CIAN offers educational webinars that anyone may
attend from anywhere. Simply logon to any com-
puter, and click the links to attend a webinar of-
fered on our agenda. Recordings of webinars are
also made public on CIAN’s website later. http://
cian-erc.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/webinars
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a survey course. The initial coverage was primarily limited to
point-to-point fiber optic links, and networks were covered
only briefly. CIAN developed the Photonic Communications
Engineering courses to contain more in depth coverage of
key topics such as guided wave optics, optoelectronic and
electro-optic devices, fiber optic transmission engineering,
and network theory, with more challenging and quantitative
homework and exams. In addition, the amount of the course
devoted to optical communication networks has expanded
significantly, reflecting the increasing importance of optical
networks for communications.
CIAN / Center for Integrated Access Networks