Health Physics (B.S.)
Department of Physics and Engineering Technology, College of Science and Technology
Effective Fall, 2014
The Bachelor of Science program in health physics requires 68 semester hours, 15 of which count toward general education requirements. Thus in addition to program requirements, students must complete 35 to 44 semester hours of general education requirements. A total of 120 hours of study is required for a bachelor's degree.
Required courses:
BIOLOGY.114 Concepts in Biology I or BIOLOGY.173 Anatomy Phys I and BIOLOGY.174 Anatomy Phys II
BIOLOGY.411 Radiation Biology
CHEM.115 Chemistry for the Sciences I
CHEM.116 Chemistry for the Sciences II
MATH.125 Calculus I
MATH.126 Calculus II
MATH.225 Calculus III
MATH.322 Differential Equations
A minimum of 3 credits from the following:
MATH.141 Introduction to Statistics
MATH.241 Probability and Statistics
Computer Science Course numbered COMPSCI.121 or higher
PHYSICS.211 General Physics I
PHYSICS.212 General Physics II
PHYSICS.310 Modern Atomic Physics
PHYSICS.315 Electronics
PHYSICS.320 Nuclear Radiation I
PHYSICS.330 Radiation Physics
PHYSICS.360 Health Physics
PHYSICS.420 Nuclear Radiation II
PHYSICS.460 Applied Health Physics
PHYSICS.488 Internship in Health Physics