Program Planning

OP-TEC Program Planning Guides

For Infusing Photonics Education into Photonics Enabled Technologies

Program Planning Guides are manuals for community/technical college planners (technical program chairs, deans and faculty) to enable them to determine whether and how to include photonics education in existing programs.  Each Guide addresses the following topics:

  • Skill Standards for Photonics Technicians
  • Strategies for Implementation
  • Course Designs
  • Available Student and Instructor Materials
  • Lab and Equipment Overview
  • Criteria for Selecting/Training
  • Recruitment Strategies

Program Planning Guides are available for FREE DOWNLOAD from this site.  To view and/or download a copy, please click on the guide titles below.

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Infusing Photonics Education into Manufacturing Technology AAS Programs

Infusing Biomedical Applications of Photonics into Electronics Engineering Technology Programs

Infusing Homeland Security Photonics Education into Electronics Engineering Technology

Infusing Photonics Education into Optoelectronics AAS Programs (Semiconductors, MEMS and Nanotechnology)

Infusing Photonics Education into Telecommunication Technology AAS Programs

OP-TEC Program Planning Guide for High Schools

High School Photonics Lab Manual

Program Planning Guide Supplement:  Transforming Electronics Engineering Technology by Infusing Photonics

Program Planning Guide Supplement:  Revitalizing Electronics Engineering Technology Programs Through a Core Curriculum Structure and Emerging Technologies

Program Planning Guide Supplement:  TSTC Waco’s Photonics Summer Institutes for High School Science and Technology Teachers

Program Planning Guide Supplement:  Outreach Activities to Enlist High School Students for Electro-Optics Technician Programs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Northpointe Two-Year Campus

Program Planning Guide Supplement:  Providing Photonics Education for Technicians

Program Planning Guide Supplement:  A General Curriculum Framework for Infusing “Enabling” Technologies into Two‐Year Postsecondary Technical Programs

Complimentary Bound Copies:
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