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 | |
| 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: |
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| CAMPEP - Clinical Shadowing | (Milestone) | ||||
| CAMPEP - Radiobiology bridge | (Milestone) | ||||
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.
| 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) | |
| 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.