Foundations of Health Physics

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Health Physics studies the risk to health from radiation and the measures to assess and reduce that risk. This course is an introduction to several aspects of health physics including radiation quantities, limits and risk assessment, external and internal dosimetry, biological effects of radiation, interactions of radiation with matter, radioactive decay, radiation detection, and various applications of radiation. Prerequisites: MATH 123 or MATH 121 and PHYS 113 or PHYS 213 . Cross-Listed: NE 437 . Notes: Even Spring.