This document provides an overview of spectroscopic analysis methods used to analyze pharmaceuticals in the visible and UV regions. It discusses instrumentation characteristics, measurement of optical density, and quantitative determination using Beer-Lambert's law. Key topics covered include electromagnetic radiation properties, chromophores and auxochromes, electronic transitions, and spectral ranges for UV/vis, IR, Raman, and atomic spectroscopy techniques. Beer-Lambert's law establishes the quantitative relationship between light absorption and analyte concentration in a sample.