EC ENGR 176 · EE 176Photonics in Biomedical Applications
Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Study of different types of optical systems and their physics background. Examination of their roles in current and projected biomedical applications. Specific capabilities of photonics to be related to each example.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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Enforced requisite: course 101A.
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EC ENGR 176
- EC ENGR 101AEngineering Electromagnetics
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- MATH 33BDifferential Equations
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