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Degree Requirements

To be awarded a master's or PhD degree from our programs, students must meet the requirements below. PASS/FAIL courses are recorded in your transcript, but are not used in calculating your grade point average. Milestones are required program elements, but not delivered in an in-class course format. Each field may have additional, specific requirements.

Master of Science

Degree Requirements Credit
Master's Thesis (Milestone)
BP8201 Master's Seminar I
 Pass/Fail
BP8202 Master's Seminar I Pass/Fail

Plus the requirements of one of the following fields:

Degree Requirements Credit
BP8115   Medical Imaging 1
OR
BP8103 Fundamentals of Radiation Physics 1
Three additional credits from course list
(minimum 2 from Table A)  		 3
Course Descriptions

Degree Requirements Credit
BP8115
 Medical Imaging
 1
BP8103
 Fundamentals of Radiation Physics
 1
BP8104
 Radiation Therapy
 1
BP8107
 Radiation Protection and Dosimetry
 1
BP8112 Radiobiology   1
BP8114 Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Physicists 1
And as required to meet CAMPEP accreditation requirements:
CAMPEP - Clinical Shadowing (Milestone)
CAMPEP - Radiobiology bridge (Milestone)  
Course Descriptions

Degree Requirements Credit
BP8116
 Many-Body Theory
 1
BP8117
 Dynamical Systems
 1
BP8118
 Complex Networks & Applications
 1
One additional credit from Table A or Table B
 1
Course Descriptions

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Requirements Credit
Doctoral Candidacy Examination (Milestone)
Doctoral Dissertation (Milestone)
BP9101 Science Communication Pass/Fail
BP9201 Doctoral Seminar I Pass/Fail
BP9202 Doctoral Seminar II Pass/Fail
BP9203 Doctoral Seminar III Pass/Fail
BP9204 Doctoral Seminar IV Pass/Fail

Plus the requirements of one of the following fields:

Degree Requirements Credit
BP9101
 Science Communication
 1
Two additional credits from course list.
 2
One additional credit, if deemed necessary**   1

**If deemed necessary, in order to ensure adequate background in Biomedical Physics a student will be required to take one additional courses: one of BP8115 or BP8103.

Course Descriptions

Degree Requirements Credit
BP9101
 Science Communication
 1
And any or all of the following six required courses in the M.Sc. CAMPEP Medical Physics field not previously taken:
BP8115
 Medical Imaging   1
BP8103 Fundamentals of Radiation Physics 1
BP8104 Radiation Therapy 1
BP8107 Radiation Protection and Dosimetry 1
BP8112 Radiobiology 1
BP8114 Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Physicists 1
And as required to meet CAMPEP accreditation requirements:
CAMPEP - Clinical Shadowing (Milestone)
CAMPEP - Radiobiology Bridge (Milestone)
Course Descriptions

Degree Requirements Credit
BP9101
 Science Communication
 1
Two additional credits from course list.
 2
One additional credit, if deemed necessary**   1

**If deemed necessary, in order to ensure adequate background in complex systems, a student will be required to take one, two or three of the required courses in MSc - Complex systems degree.  

Course Descriptions