A Unified Image Science and Electronic Imaging Systems Curriculum Development Initiative

罗切斯特大学的三个院系（电子工程、计算机科学和光学研究所）将联合开设图像科学和电子成像系统的新课程。这三个部门承担了这个雄心勃勃的项目，认识到电子成像在美国当前和未来的经济增长中所起的重要作用。图像科学和电子成像系统课程将跨越所有本科四年和研究生院的第一年。学生将能够从三个系中的一个获得科学学士学位，专注于成像。优秀的学生将能够利用罗切斯特大学的3+2计划。3+2计划使学生在五年后通过在四年级学习研究生课程获得理学硕士学位。理学硕士课程为学生提供了专注于三个成像轨道之一的机会。课程包括医学成像、图像科学和图像与视频计算。完成该课程的学生将获得三个学科之一的科学硕士学位，其中一个专业是成像轨道。拟议的课程将包括五门新课程和九门强化课程、研讨会或实验室。这五门新课程构成了影像科学与电子成像本科教育的核心。一门特殊的大一课程，电子成像系统探索课程，将为学生提供电子成像的全面概述。四门影像学基础课程完善了本科教育。将启动两个新的系列研讨会（学分），以使学生和教师了解前沿技术和科学。本科生的暑期研究机会将提供对电子成像科学方法和“实际”问题的早期介绍。这种讲座、实验室、研讨会和研究经验的结合将有助于将电子成像的前沿和最新研究引入本科课程。通过电子成像系统中心建立的工业联系，学生将接触到工业研究和开发项目，从而获得对学术界以外工作机会的真正见解。

Three academic departments (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and The Institute of Optics) at the University of Rochester will jointly offer a new curriculum in Image Science and Electronic Imaging Systems. The three departments have undertaken this ambitious project in recognition of the fundamental role that electronic imaging plays in the current and future economic growth of the United States.The Image Science and Electronic Imaging Systems curriculum will span all four undergraduate years and the first year of graduate school. A student will be able to obtain a Bachelors of Science Degree from one of the three departments with a Concentration in Imaging. Outstanding students will be able to take advantage of the University of Rochester's 3+2 Plan. The 3+2 Plan enables one to earn a Masters of Science after five years by taking graduate courses during the student's senior year. The Masters of Science program provides students the opportunity to concentrate on one of three Imaging Tracks. The tracks are Medical Imaging, Image Science and Image & Video Computing. A student finishing this program will earn a Masters of Science in one of the three disciplines with a specialization in one of the Imaging Tracks. The proposed curriculum will include five new courses and nine enhanced courses, seminars or laboratories. The five new courses form the core of the undergraduate education Image Science and Electronic Imaging. A special freshman course, Quest Course in Electronic Imaging Systems, will provide students a comprehensive overview of electronic imaging. Four Foundations of Imaging courses round out the undergraduate education. Two new seminar series will be initiated (for credit) that will keep students and faculty aware of leading edge technology and science. Summer research opportunities for undergraduates will provide an early introduction to scientific method and "real" problems in electronic imaging.This combination of lectures, laboratories, seminars and research experience will facilitate the introduction of leading edge, current research in electronic imaging into the undergraduate curriculum. Using the industrial contacts developed through the Center for Electronic Imaging Systems, students will be exposed to industrial research and development programs, thus gaining true insight to job opportunities outside of academia.