Academics: Program Features

1. The Program consists of 2 training levels:
   • a) Master of Science
   • b) Ph.D.
2. Additionally, affiliated residencies are available in:
   • a) Radiation Therapy
   • b) Diagnostic Imaging
3. The M.S. and Ph.D. programs have 4 tracks:
   • a) Diagnostic Imaging (DI)
   • b) Radiation Therapy (RT)
   • c) Nuclear Medicine (NM)
   • d) Medical Health Physics (MHP)
4. The curriculum consists of
   • a) a core component, shared by all tracks
   • b) track-specific core courses
   • c) electives courses
5. Each student will take a track-specific clinical practicum. The practicum aims to provide initial exposure to clinical aspects in the practice of medical physics.
6. Each student elects a major track, a minor track (for PhD), and should take 1 course in frontier areas that are currently not a part of traditional Medical Physics discipline (e.g., genomics, data mining, bioinformatics, biophotonics).
7. Students are required to choose their track at the end of the first year of their program.
8. All students must pass written qualifying exams at the beginning of the second year.
9. The program encourages MS students to arrange for summer practical clinical/research experiences. These are optional, but would enable the student to become acquainted with professional aspects of medical physics. There may be some help from the program in identifying suitable summer practical experiences.
10. There is an optional mock board exam available annually for students taking part 1 of the ABR exam.