Optics and photonics are rapidly developing fields of central importance in technologies of today and tomorrow. This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of optics and their applications from an electrical engineering perspective. The course begins with the geometrical, scalar wave, and electromagnetic wave theories of light. Particular emphasis is given to Gaussian beam propagation and the use of signals and systems concepts for analyzing optical systems (Fourier optics). Interference, diffraction, imaging, frequency domain filtering, and holography are discussed within this framework. The polarization properties of light, propagation in anisotropic media, optical waveguides, fibers, resonators, and their applications are investigated. The temporal and spatial coherence properties of light (statistical optics) are also covered.