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Contact: 
Vincent Glaeser, Program Director,
714-997-6548, glaeser@chapman.edu

Course Number: CSCU 0088
Contact Hours: 16
Prerequisite: None

Description

A class that teaches students the fundamentals of how this fast-growing technology in the telecommunications market is using light over Optical Fiber to deliver voice, video, data, security and other exciting high-bandwidth services to homes across the world. We recommend this course for anyone who plans to install, maintain and/or repair PON systems and for anyone who needs to be familiar with FTTx cable designs and testing of optical fiber.

• Upon completion of this course, the student will:

• understand how to safely handle Optical Fiber products;

• understand Optical Fiber theory;

• be familiar with FTTx cable designs;

• understand best practices for accessing Optical Fiber cable; and

• measure system and component loss with the OTDR.