Program Requirements

1. Required Courses - Total Semester Hours: 18

Students failing any required course with less than a “C-” grade will be required to repeat the course.

18 s.h. of course work selected from the following:

• MPHY 212 - Foundations of Clinical Medical Physics Semester Hours: 2
• MPHY 214 - Radiological Physics and Dosimetry Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 216 - Radiobiology Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 220 - Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 226 - Radiation Protection and Nuclear Medicine Practicum Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 230 - Fundamentals of Imaging in Medicine I Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 231 - Fundamentals of Imaging in Medicine II Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 235 - Practicum in Medical Imaging Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 240 - Radiation Therapy Physics I Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 241 - Radiation Therapy Physics II Semester Hours: 2
• MPHY 245 - Practicum in Radiation Therapy Physics Semester Hours: 3
• MPHY 252 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine Semester Hours: 3

Note*

*A student enrolled in a medical physics practicum (MPHY 226, 235 or 245) who has not taken the licensure examination or met experience requirements to practice medical physics must apply for a limited permit to practice medical physics in New York state. A limited permit authorizes the student to practice as a medical physicist under the supervision of a currently registered New York state-licensed medical physicist, and only in the supervisor’s specialty area. When applying for a limited permit, it is the applicant’s responsibility to complete the New York State Certification of Supervision Section I, forward it to his or her prospective supervisor, and ensure that the prospective supervisor fully completes the Certification of Supervision Section II. There is a fee for the limited license, which expires two years from the date of issue, and may be renewed for a total of six years.

2. B Average or Higher

A minimum average GPA of 3.0 (a “B” letter grade) must be maintained throughout the program. Students falling below the minimum average GPA may be put on academic probation for one semester or asked to leave the program, at the discretion of the graduate program director and upon advisement of the Steering Committee.

3. Sample Curriculum I and II

Sample Curriculum I - an academic training plan (18 credit hours in three semesters) for re-entering the ABR exam.

Spring 2022 (Jan –May)

1. MPHY 240: Radiation Therapy Physics I (3 sh)
2. MPHY 245: Practicum Radiation Therapy Physics (3 sh)

Fall 2022 (Sept- Dec)

1. MPHY 230: Fundamentals of Imaging in Medicine I (3 sh)
2. MPHY 220: Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety (3 sh)
3. MPHY 226: Radiation Protection and Nuclear Medicine Practicum (3 sh)

Spring 2023 (Jan- May)

1. MPHY 231: Fundamentals of Imaging in Medicine II (3 sh)

Sample Curriculum II - an academic training plan (18 credit hours in three semesters) for PhD alternative pathway

Fall 2022 (Sept- Dec)

1. BIO 209: Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Physics (3 sh)
2. MPHY 214: Radiological Physics and Dosimetry (3 sh)

Spring 2022 (Jan –May)

1. MPHY 240: Radiation Therapy Physics I (3 sh)
2. MPHY 216: Radiobiology (3 sh)

Fall 2023 (Sept- Dec)

1. MPHY 230: Fundamentals of Imaging in Medicine I (3 sh)
2. MPHY 220: Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety (3 sh)