About This Major
A program that focuses on the application of physics, nuclear science, and engineering physics to diagnostic, treatment, and therapeutic processes and public health protection. Includes instruction in radiation biophysics, biophysics, health effects of natural and artificially induced radiation, hazard evaluation, environmental radioactivity, nuclear physics, engineering physics, radiobiology, medical radiology, calibration and dosage theory, computer applications and medical informatics, and specific research problems.
Program Examples
- Biomedical Physics
Related CIP Codes
- 26.0203
- Biophysics
At a Glance
- CIP Code
- 51.2205
- CIP Family
- 51
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