Master of Health Physics Degree

["Eli A. Port" <eport@nwu.edu>]

NEW MASTER OF HEALTH PHYSICS PROGRAM

The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is planning to offer a 
new professional Master's program in Health Physics beginning in fall, 1997.  This will 
be a lock-step program which the students are expected to 
complete in approximately 2-5 years.  The course offerings will 
include 4 full semesters with 2 courses each, 2 summers with one 
course each and 1 short course for credit.  Each full course will 
be for 3 credits and the short course will be for 2 credits.  The 
total is 32 credit hours for the degree.  IIT's Quick Admit 
procedure permits taking up to one year of classes before 
applying for formal entry into the Master of Health Physics (MHP) 
program. 

The MHP program will provide the in-depth training required of a 
Health Physicist employed in government, medicine, research or 
industry.  The training will include core courses in health 
physics, radiation biology, instrumentation, law and regulation, 
organizational systems, applied statistics, environmental 
engineering and technical communication.  A capstone 
practicum/case studies course will server to synthesize the 
material from all of the previous courses and give the students 
the opportunity to make presentations to the entire class.  
Engineering approaches and computer techniques will be emphasized 
throughout the program.  

Completion of the degree will require passing a comprehensive 
examination at the end of the program.  This requirement will be 
waived if the student passes part 1 of the American Board of 
Health Physics Certification Exam during the course of the MHP 
program.

The program is for working professionals already in the Health 
Physics field and will therefore be offered on evenings, by video 
conferencing, with the exception of the short course which will 
require attendance since it involves experimental work.  The 
video conferencing format will allow reaching out to any 
accessible site.

Tentative Program of Study

Fall Semester Year 1
PHYS 541 Health Physics I
ENVE 527 Analysis of Environmental Systems(Statistics)

Spring Semester Year 1
PHYS 542 Health Physics II
MBA 520 Organizational Behavior

Summer Semester Year 1
ENGL 421 Technical Writing
PHYS 740 Instrumentation for Health Physics

Fall Semester Year 2






PHYS 543 Standards, Statutes and Regulations 
PHYS 561 Radiation Biophysics

Spring Semester Year 2
PHYS 545 Case Studies in Health Physics
PHYS 544 Dosimetry

Summer Semester Year 2
ENVE 463 Introduction to Air Pollution Control

If you or someone you know might be interested or would like more 
information, contact:

Carlo Segre, Assistant Chair
Department of Biological, Chemical & Physical Sciences
Illinois Institute of Technology
segre@charlie.iit.edu
312-567-3498



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