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Engineering Physics : Nuclear Engineering : Current Students : Undergraduate : Curriculum : May 2002 : Radiation Sciences :
Medical Physics Electives

(9 credits in the radiation sciences track)

Courses meeting the Medical Physics Electives requirement are Medical Physics courses numbered 400 and above and selected Physics courses at or above the 400 level. No more than 3 credits of NE (NEEP) 699: Advanced Independent Study, may be used to meet this requirement. Courses on interest include:

CourseTitlePrerequisite(s)Offering Frequency1
Med Phys 463Radioisotopes in Medicine and BiologyIntroductory physicsI
Med Phys 473Imaging in Medicine1 yr each of physics and calculusI
Med Phys 475Diagnostic Ultrasound PhysicsMod. phys, calc, and Fourier anal.I
Med Phys 566The Physics of RadiotherapyMed Phys 501II
Med Phys 567The Physics of Diagnostic RadiobiologyMod. phys, calc, and Fourier anal.I
NE (NEEP) 569 Health Physics Cons instII

Med Phys 463 and 569 are especially recommended for students in this track.

Key: I = Fall Semester; II = Spring Semester; SS = Summer Session, even and odd refer to the year in which courses taught in alternate years are given.


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