1. Introduction to Optics and Spectroscopy
2. Interaction of Radiation and Matter: Understanding Light Absorption
3. Controlling Optical Absorption
4. Exploring Dispersive Spectrophotometry
5. Infrared Spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
6. Polarization-Dependent Interactions between Light and Matter
7. Understanding Light Scattering
8. Emission Spectroscopy: Probing Excited States of Matter
9. Basics of Laser Technology
10. Nonlinear Optics: Investigating Complex Phenomena
11. Time-Resolved Spectroscopy: Capturing Ultrafast Dynamics