Medical Health Physics - MS Degree

From Radiological Sciences

Medical Health Physics Curriculum M.S. Plan

* Required for all students

< Medical Health Physics Track

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Medical Health Physics pertains to (1) the safe use of x rays, gamma rays, electron and other charged particle beams of neutrons or radionuclides and of radiation from sealed radionuclide sources for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, except with regard to the application of radiation to patients for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes and (2) the instrumentation required to perform appropriate radiation surveys.

[edit] -YEAR 1-

Fall Semester	CU	Spring Semester	CU	Summer Semester	CU
RADI 5011 <Radiation and Nuclear Physics	3	RADI 6030 <Physics of Radiotherapy	3	RADI 6097 Research	6
PATH 5021 *Biostatistics	3	RADI 5020 <Principles of Health Physics I {Radiation and Nuclear Physics}	3
RADI 5015 *Physics of Diagnostic Imaging I	3	RADI 6012 <Physics of Nuclear Medicine {Radiation and Nuclear Physics}	3
		INTD 6002 *Ethics in Research	0.5
TOTAL	9	TOTAL	9.5	TOTAL	6

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Fall Semester	CU	Spring Semester	CU	Summer Semester	CU
RADI 5005 <Fundamentals of Radiation Dosimetry {Physics of Radiotherapy or Radiation and Nuclear Physics}	3	RADI 5025 *Basic Radiation Biology	3	RADI 6098 <Thesis	6
RADI 6021 <Principles of Health Physics II {RADI 6030}	3	RADI 6024 *Radiological Anatomy & Physiology	3
RADI 6071 *Supervised Teaching	2	RADI 5018 <Physics Measurements in Imaging {Diagnostic Imaging}	2
RADI 5090 *Seminars in Radiological Sciences	1
TOTAL	9	TOTAL	9	TOTAL	6

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Fall Semester	CU	Spring Semester	CU	Summer Semester	CU
RADI 6098 <Thesis	8
RADI 5090 *Seminars in Radiological Sciences	1
TOTAL	9	TOTAL		TOTAL

Medical Health Physics Electives:

RADI 6042 Non Ionizing Radiation Biology & Biophysics
RADI 6049 Introduction to MRI
RADI 5010 Medical Biophysics
RADI 6035 Radiotherapy Clinical Practices

RADI 6091 Current Topics in the Radiological Sciences


Academics	UTHSCSA Radiological Sciences main page • Prospective students • Current students • COGS • Courses
Degree Programs	PhD in Radiation Therapy Physics • PhD in Medical Diagnostic Physics • PhD in Radiation Biology • PhD in Human Imaging • PhD in Neuroscience Imaging • MS in Medical Health Physics • MS in Radiation Therapy Physics • MS in Medical Diagnostic Physics
Facilities	Researh Imaging Center • Cancer Therapy and Research Center • Audie Murphy VA Medical Center • University Hospital • Texas Cancer Clinic • Brooke Army Medical Center • Wilford Hall Medical Center •
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