Introduction: Why create the NAILD Lighting Specialist Certification Program when we have the Lighting Certified program (LC) from the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP)?

Chapter 1: How to navigate this course
Chapter 2: How to take this course
Chapter 3: Why study light and lighting?
Chapter 4: Where are you in the “Light Delivery System”?

Chapter 1: Treasure hunt
Chapter 2: Lamp terminology
Chapter 3: How light sources work

Chapter 1: What is light?
Chapter 2: Where does color come from?
Chapter 3: Experiencing the color rendering index (CRI)

Chapter 1: How the eye works
Chapter 2: What affects our ability to see?

Chapter 1: Bucket of lamps
Chapter 2: Incandescent vs. halogen light sources
Chapter 3: Standard halogen vs. halogen IR light sources
Chapter 4: Life, light output, and energy
Appendix: Lamp characteristics

Chapter 1: Bucket of lamps
Chapter 2: How fluorescent light sources work
Chapter 3: Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)

Chapter 1: Bucket of lamps
Chapter 2: How HID lamps create light
Chapter 3: Basic lamp characteristics

Chapter 1: Bucket of ballasts
Chapter 2: Fluorescent ballast systems
Chapter 3: CFL pin-based systems
Chapter 4: HID ballast systems

Chapter 1: What does a luminaire do?
Chapter 2: What is a luminaire?
Chapter 3: What does a control do?
Chapter 4: What is a control?
Chapter 5: Basic calculations used in lighting

2: How Does an LED Create Light?
Chapter 3: What are the Parts of an LED Device?
Chapter 4: What Affects LED Performance?
Chapter 5: How do we Create White Light
Chapter 6 “Delivered Lumens” – More than Just the LED
Chapter 7: Standards – Lamps & Luminaires