Research Article

Bridging Photonics and Optoelectronics Curriculum for the Solar Photovoltaic and LED Industries

Table 12

Multiple regression analysis—skill-based curriculum on employability (university sample).

Course nameEmployment
estimate (standard error)

Design of LED Driving Circuit.042 (.053)
Design of Solar power and Lighting .120 (.050) *
Semiconductor Sensor.002 (.057)
Design of Optoelectronic Devices .001 (.056)
Optoelectronic Nanometer Structure.135 (.061) *
Optoelectronic Circuit Application.154 (.054) +
Design of Optoelectronic Film.050 (.055)
Design of Lighting and Optoelectronic.021 (.050)
Solar Optoelectronic Technical.057 (.045)
Solar Energy Technical −.092 (.050) +
Process of Semiconductor Devices−.152 (.054) +
Semiconductor Package Testing and Practice−.009 (.057)
Semiconductor Design Control.084 (.056)
Semiconductor Wafer Science and Technical.028 (.057)
Semiconductor Lighting Application.026 (.057)
Optoelectronic Interaction Technical−.078 (.060)
Optoelectronic Sense Technical.000 (.061)
Optoelectronic Storage Technical.135 (.052) **
Computer aide Optoelectronic System Analysis −.060 (.056)
Semiconductor Circuit Package−.151 (.057) **
Semiconductor Circuit Process.157 (.056)
Film Engineering−.006 (.057)
Semiconductor Testing−.056 (.050)
Semiconductor and MEMS Testing.019 (.056)
Optoelectronic Engineering Testing .054 (.051)
Optoelectronic Devices and Testing−.032 (.057)
Optoelectronic Testing−.055 (.056) *
Optoelectronic Translate and Driving−.128 (.050)
Optoelectronic Interference.015 (.055) *
Optoelectronic Testing.097 (.048)
Light-Spot Testing.002 (.050) **
Advanced photonics Testing.151 (.059)
Introduction to Optics Testing−.019 (.047)
Optomechatronic Integration Engineering.074 (.049)
Electronic Practice.050 (.040)
.693
 Adjusted .480
7.97 ***

Note: +, *, **, and ***.