A tailored course for advanced students with an interest in Experimental Physical Chemistry here in the department. To support your broader research ambitions, we will jointly pursue three aims: 1) develop and demonstrate your knowledge of the fundamentals of optics and light-matter interactions; 2) build, or extend, your familiarity with scientific writing and computational data analysis; 3) introduce you to selected topics in nonlinear, near-field, ultrafast, and quantum optics as they relate to experimental spectroscopy.