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Optical Communications (TE 381) - Telecommunications Engineering

Academic telecommunications engineering course: Optical Communications with lessons, labs, quizzes and practice tests.

Independent university-level study of Optical Communications (TE 381), part of the Erudex Telecommunications Engineering programme. Project: Design a civilian fiber link with power and rise-time budgets, dispersion and noise limits, and a documented acceptance-test plan. This original curriculum is not an official KNUST syllabus, university credit or accreditation.

90h Certificate available
Telecommunications EngineeringAcademic (University)TE 381

Curriculum

One complete track with its own final exam and certificate.

Suggested 120-minute final. Test foundational concepts through optical communication foundations and optical fibers; analytical application through dispersion and propagation and optical transmitters; design/case reasoning through optical receivers and link engineering; and integrative judgment through optical network systems and optical testing and design. Use the course-type exam weighting in the program guidance.

Optical communication foundations. Applied task: Draw and quantify an elementary optical l

  • Optical links Lab60 min
  • Wave optics review Lab60 min
  • System metrics Lab60 min

Careers this prepares you for

  • Telecommunications engineer
  • RF engineer
  • Network engineer
  • Transmission engineer

How you study

Every lesson pairs an in-depth video with written notes, key takeaways, a hands-on lab, exercises and a quiz. Work at your own pace, then sit the final examination for your Erudex certificate.