Medical Physics Curriculum
As required to satisfy the accreditation by CAMPEP, the medical physics certificate curriculum will cover the following core topics:
1. Radiological Physics and Dosimetry
2. Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety
3. Fundamentals of Imaging in Medicine
4. Radiobiology
5. Anatomy and Physiology
6. Radiation Therapy Physics
7. Ethics
The didactic education in the core topics above will be considered satisfied by taking the following courses. (Provided the prerequisite upper division undergraduate physics courses have already been completed. See Qualifications subsection.)
UCB NE 107 Introduction to Imaging (3)
UCB NE 162 Radiation Dosimetry (2)
UCB NE 262 Radiobiology (2)
UCB IngeBi 131 General Human Anatomy (3)
UCB BioEng 100 Ethics in Science and Engineering (3)
UCSF RadOnc 235A Radiation Therapy Physics I (3)
UCSF RadOnc 235B Radiation Therapy Physics II (3)
UCSF RadOnc 235C Radiation Therapy Physics III & Clinical Rotation (3)
