The Department of Nuclear Engineering offers a graduate certificate in Medical Physics. The medical physics program is for students who have already earned a PhD in an appropriate field such as Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or other closely related science or engineering discipline and who would like to become certified Medical Physicists and/or conduct research in Medical Physics. All entering students shall have a strong foundation in basic physics demonstrated either by an undergraduate or graduate degree in physics, or by a degree in an engineering discipline or another of the physical sciences and with coursework that is the equivalent of a minor in physics (i.e., one that includes at least three upper-level undergraduate physics courses that would be required for a physics major).
The UT Medical Physics programs have received accreditation from CAMPEP.
Requirements
The certificate is earned by completing 15 graduate credit hours and 9 undergraduate credit hours (can not be taken for graduate credit).
Required courses:
- BCMB 230 Human Physiology, 5 credit hours
- EEB 240 Human Anatomy, 4 credit hours
- BME 574 Medical Imaging, 3 credit hours
- NE 490 Radiation Biology, 3 credit hours
- NE 551 Radiation Protection, 3 credit hours
- NE 567 Medical Physics I, 3 credit hours
- NE 568 Medical Physics II, 3 credit hours
Showcase Curriculum
Total of 17 graduate credit hours over 2 semesters.
Term 1 (Fall)
- NE 490 Radiation Biology, 3 credit hours
- NE 551 Radiation Protection, 3 credit hours
- NE 567 Medical Physics I, 3 credit hours
- NE 565 Medical Physics I clinic, 1 credit hour
- BME 547 Medical Imaging
13 graduate credit hours total
Term 2 (Spring)
- NE 568 Medical Physics II, 3 credit hours
- NE 566 Medical Physics II Clinic, 1 credit hour
- BCMB 230 Human Physiology, 3 undergraduate credit hours
- EEB 240 Human Anatomy, 4 undergraduate credit hours
4 gradate credit hours total