PHY 302 Reading Course: Topics in Health Physics

Semester: Fall
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor only.

The Health Physics Reading Course will give the student opportunity to investigate an assortment of topics which inlcude:

The history of health physics

Interaction of charge particles with matter

Operational dosimetry (dose measurements, dose calculations, and dose modeling of charged particle interactions with matter)

Radiation shielding

The theory and practice of radion detection

Biological effects of radiaton, federal and state regulations

This course is restricted to Physics students who plan to get a Certificate in Biological or Medical Physics, or students who are in the BS/MS Physics 3-2 program (and plan to do an MS thesis in Medical Physics). (Cross-listed with PHY 423). (Offered every other Fall).

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