5^th Year Graduate Core Curriculum for the M.S. 4 (accelerated) + 1 (graduate) Degree in Medical Physics

Required Coursework

Notes:

• STAT 512 can be substituted for STAT 511
• Students may substitute a research project (HSCI 590 Special Topics in Medical Physics) for one semester of clinical rotation.

Science Electives (4+1 program only):

• HSCI 526 Principles of Health Physics and Dosimetry
• HSCI 534 Applied Health Physics
• HSCI 590 Radiation Oncology Physics Laboratory
• HSCI 590 Special Topics (in Medical Physics)
• HSCI 551 Physical Agents in Environmental Health
• NUPH 530 Applied Nuclear Pharmacy
• NUPH 550 Introduction to PET
• MA 527 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists I
• BIOL 415 Introduction To Molecular Biology
• HK 445 Principles of Epidemiology
• AT 572 Human Error
• MA 527 Advanced Math for Engineering & Physics I
• STAT 503 Statistical Methods for Biology
• STAT 511 Statistical Methods
• STAT 512 Applied Regression Analysis
• BIOL 516 Molecular Biology of Cancer
• PHYS 360 Quantum Mechanics
• PHYS 550 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
• PHYS 556 Introductory Nuclear Physics
• PHYS 564 - Introduction To Elements Particle Physics I
• PHYS 565 - Introduction To Elementary Particle Physics II
• PHYS 580 Computational Physics

Students interested in the Medical Physics 4+1 program should read these notes about getting into the field and the program.

The clinical rotation is performed under the direct supervision of a qualified medical physicist at an affiliated hospital or medical center and is co-supervised by a School of Health Sciences faculty member. The faculty supervisor in consultation with the clinical co-supervisor performs a competency based grading of the clinical rotation. A minimum of 30 credit hours with no more than 6 credit hours at the 300 or 400 level is required for this M.S. degree.

IMPORTANT: To be eligible for American Board of Radiology (ABR) certification in radiologic physics, you must hold a bachelor's degree in physics or applied physics. Other physical science or engineering degrees may be considered if the appropriate fundamental physics courses have been completed equivalent to a minor in physics (including general physics with calculus and upper level courses in, for example, electricity and magnetism, atomic physics, nuclear physics, modern physics, quantum mechanics, or mechanics). For additional information about ABR certification, please see http://theabr.org/.

Semester and year requirements are effective for the new student: Fall 2009
Approved by the Faculty Committee May 2009

NOTICE: Graduate courses taken while registered as a graduate student at Purdue University may be considered for fulfilling the plan of study requirements only if the student has received grades of C or better. For courses at the 300 or 400 level taken as a graduate student or courses that represent either undergraduate or graduate excess credit or transfer credit, grades of B or better are required for fulfilling plan of study requirements.