The Master of Science in Medical Physics (M.S.M.P.) degree program is intended to prepare students for productive careers as medical physicists and is consistent with the requirements recommended by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. The program is designed to be completed in one and one-half years by well-motivated, full-time students. The M.S.M.P. has the following course credit-hour requirements:
| With Thesis | Without Thesis | |
| Required Medical Physics Courses | 23 | 23 |
| Elective Medical Physics Courses | 0 | 0 |
| Other Elective Courses | 3 | 9 |
| Special Problems (MP 8903) | 0 | 3 |
| Thesis | 9 | 0 |
| Total for Degree | 35 | 35 |
The required courses for this degree are:
- MP 4750 Diagnostic Imaging Physics
- MP 6011 Seminar in Medical Physics I
- MP 6203 Radiation Therapy Physics Laboratory
- MP 6204 Radiation Therapy Physics
- MP 6300 Radiological Anatomy
- MP 6406 Radiation Dosimetry & Protection
- MP 6407 Radiation Biology and Oncology
- MP 6756 Radiation Physics
- MP 6757 Radiation Detection
- MP 8903 Special Problems (Project for Non-Thesis)
Some suggested medical physics elective courses for this degree are:
- MP 880X Special Topics in Medical Physics
- MP 890X Special Problems in Medical Physics
Some suggested elective courses for this degree are:
- BIOL 4015 Cancer Biology and Biotechnology
- ECE/BMED 6780 Medical Imaging Processing
- ECE/BMED 6786 Medical Imaging Systems
- ECE/BMED 6793 Systems Pathophysiology
- BME 7015 Cancer Biol/Tech
- NRE 4404 Radiological Assessment and Waste Management
- NRE/ME 6758 Numerical Methods
- NRE 6101 Transport Fundamentals
- NRE 6103 Computational Methods of Radiation Transport
- NRE 6755 Radiological Assessment and Waste Management
- ISYE 6411 Fundamentals of Statistics with Applications
- ISYE 6414 Regression Analysis
- ISYE 6644 Simulation
- ISYE 6661 Optimization I
- ISYE 6401 Statistical Modeling and Design of Experiments
- ISYE 6739 Basic Statistical Methods
- PUBP 6010 Ethics, Epistemology, and Public Policy
- PUBP 6310 Environmental Issues
- PUBP 6314 Policy Tools for Environmental Management
- PUBP 6324 Environmental and Technological Risk Management
- PUBP 6401 Science Technology and Public Policy
- NRE 6105 Radiation Shielding
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
The doctoral degree requires 52 semester hours of course work (on a letter-grade basis) beyond the bachelor's degree or its equivalent. A total of 46 semester hours must be at the 6000 level or above. Up to six semester hours may be at the 4000 level. Any courses required for the B.S.M.E. or the B.S.N.R.E do not meet these respective course requirements.
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Major Area Must be in a coherent subject area appropriate to NE/RE. If you completed a master's thesis in this area, it may count for nine semester hours toward this requirement. |
34 |
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Minor Area Must be distinctly different from the major area. The minor is intended to provide depth in an area not directly needed for Ph.D. research or related to the principal area of expertise. |
9 |
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Electives/Other May be different than the major or minor, or could be applied to the major or minor area. |
9 |
| Total | 52 |