To obtain a PhD in our department, students must take course to fulfil their PhD major course of study and a  PhD minor course of study.  The major course of study consists of 6 classes, at least 4 of them at the graduate level.  The minor course of study may consist of three upper division undergraduate courses in one of the minor subject areas OR two upper division undergraduate-level and one graduate-level course from outside the department for the outside minor (which will be in Radiation Oncology for the Medical Physics minor). A second minor course of study may be pursued.  The second minor course of study consists of one graduate level course and one undergraduate level course.

For a student in the Nuclear Engineering PhD program who will participate in the Medical Physics curriculum, a typical course of study could be the following.

*: CAMPEP required course

Year 1 – Fall

• *UCB NE 107
• *UCB NE 207                        Introduction to Imaging
• *UCB NE 162                        Radiation Biophysics
• *UCB BioEng 100                 Ethics in Science and Engineering
• *UCB IntegBi 131                 General Human Anatomy

Year 1 – Winter

• UCSF BMI 200                      Professionalism in the Academic Medical Center

Year 1 – Spring

• UCB NE 201                           Nuclear Reactions and Interactions of Radiation with Matter
• *UCB NE 262                        Radiobiology
• UCB NE 282                           Charged Particle Source and Beam Technology
• UCB BioEng 280   Ethical and Social Issues in Translational Medicine

Year 2

Year 2 – Fall

• UCB NE 204                           Advanced Concepts in Radiation Detection and Measurements
• *UCSF RadOnc 235A           Radiation Therapy Physics I
• UCB NE C231                       Medical Imaging Signals and Systems
• UCB NE 275                           Principles and Methods of Risk Analysis

Year 2 – Winter

• *UCSF RadOnc 235B           Radiation Therapy Physics II

Year 2 – Spring

• UCB NE C235                        Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• *UCSF Radonc 235C            Radiation Therapy Physics III and Clinical Rotation
• UCB NE 255                           Numerical Simulation in Radiation Transport

Year 3

• UCSF BMI 204                       Principles of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound
• UCB NE 207                           Physical Principles of CT, PET, and SPECT Imaging
• Elective
• Clinical integration with on-the-job shadowing of practicing medical physicists at UCSF
• Directed Research in a Medical Physics related topic.
• Oral Exam for advancement to PhD candidacy

Year 4+

• Clinical integration with on-the-job shadowing of practicing medical physicists at UCSF
• Directed Research in a Medical Physics related topic.
• Thesis preparation and defense