McMaster University
Honours Medical Physics Program Print E-mail

(starting in 2011)

Introduction

The Department is pleased to offer a new Honours Medical Physics program. We have created an exciting curriculum to give our students the strong background in biology, physiology, math, and physics they need to understand research at the boundaries where Medicine and Physics meet. Through the program, students will learn of advancements in the ever-evolving field of Medical Physics such as cancer treatments with radiation, radiation safety at nuclear reactor sites, radiation interactions in the environment, clinical imaging, and photodynamic therapy.

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Timetable - Honours Medical Physics

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4
Term 1 Term 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 1 Term 2

MATH 1A03 OR 1LS3

MATH 1AA3 OR 1LT3
MATH 2A03 MATH 2C03 MATH 3C03
PHYSICS 3MM3
MED PHYS 4D03
MED PHYS 4U03
CHEM 1A03 BIO 1A03 KIN 1Y03
KIN 1YY3 MED PHYS 4T03
BIO 2B03
MED PHYS 4I03
MED PHYS 4L03

PHYSICS 1B03

MED PHYS 1E03
MED PHYS 2B03
MED PHYS 2C03
MED PHYS 4B03
MATH 3D03 MED PHYS 4R06

MATH 1B03

PHYSICS 1BA3 OR 1BB3 PHYSICS 2C03
PHYSICS 2E03
Elective MED PHYS 3R03
Elective
Elective

OR MED PHYS 4Y06

Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective

MED PHYS 3A03 &
PHYSICS 3H03

Elective
Elective

 


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Timetable - Honours Medical Physics Co-op

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3* YEAR 4 YEAR 5*
Term 1 Term 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 1 Term 1 Term 2
Term 2

MATH 1A03
OR 1LS3

MATH 1AA3 OR 1LT3
MATH 2A03 MATH 2C03 MATH 3C03
MED PHYS 4D03
PHYS 3MM3
MED PHYS 4U03
CHEM 1A03 BIO 1A03 KIN 1Y03
KIN 1YY3 MED PHYS 4B03
MED PHYS 3R03
BIO 2B03
MED PHYS 4L03

PHYSICS 1B03

MED PHYS 1E03
MED PHYS 2B03
MED PHYS 2C03
MED PHYS 3AA1
MED PHYS 4R06 MED PHYS 3AB2

MATH 1B03

PHYSICS 1BA3 OR 1BB3 PHYSICS 2C03
PHYSICS 2E03
MED PHYS 4T03
MED PHYS 4I03
MATH 3D03
PHYSICS 3HD2
Elective
Elective
Elective
SCIENCE 2C00
PHYSICS 3HC1
Elective
Elective
Elective



Elective Elective

Elective

* Students will participate in a co-op placement during the second term of Level 3 (and the following summer) as well as during the first term of Level 5 (and the previous summer)

 


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Entry Requirements

Completion of any Level 1 program with a Cumulative Average (CA) of at least 6.0 including:

6 units MATH 1A03 (or 1LS3), MATH 1AA3 (or 1LT3)
3 units BIO 1A03
3 units CHEM 1A03
3 units PHYSICS 1B03
3 units PHYSICS 1BA3 (or 1BB3) (See Program Note 1 below.)
6 units Any 6 units from the Faculty of Science

Program Notes

  1. MATH 1B03 must be completed by the end of Level 2. Completion in Level 1 is strongly recommended.
  2. MED PHYS 1E03 must be completed by the end of Level 2. Completion in Level 1 is strongly recommended.
  3. KIN 1Y03 and 1YY3 must be completed by the end of Level 2.

 


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Graduation Requirements

120 units total (Levels 1 to 4), of which no more than 48 units may be Level 1.

Level 1:

30 units (See Entrance Requirements above.)

Levels 2-4:

90 units


0-3 units MATH 1B03, if not completed in Level 1
0-3 units MED PHYS 1E03, if not completed in Level 1
0-6 units KIN 1Y03, 1YY3, if not completed in Level 1
3 units BIO 2B03
6 units MED PHYS 2B03, 2C03
12 units MATH 2A03, 2C03, 3C03, 3D03
12 units PHYSICS 2C03, 2E03, 3MM3, 3H03 (OR 3HC1 AND 3HD2)
36 units MED PHYS 3A03 (OR 3AA1 AND 3AB2), 3R03, 4B03, 4D03, 4I03, 4L03, 4R06, 4T03, 4U03
18-27 units Electives