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| Graduate Program(s) Name: Radiation Physics | |
| Graduate Degree(s) Awarded: Master of Science | |
| Department, University, and Address of Program(s): Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Departmento de Fisica, Cuidad Universitaria, Santafe de Bogota | |
| Brief Description of Academic Program(s),
Clinical Training, and Duration: The education covers Radiation Physics,
in general and aims both to professional work in Hospital Physics departments
and to Radiation Protection work at legal authorities and nuclear power
stations and the duration is two years. The following courses are included
(all courses are full time): First year (first semester)
: 1. Fundamentals of Biology and Topographic Anatomy (16 weeks, 2
hrs/week), 2. Quantum Physics and Nuclear Physics (16 weeks, 4 hrs/week),
3. Introduction to Research (16 weeks, 2h/ week), 4. Mathematics
Models (16 weeks, 4 hrs/week), 5. Postgraduate Seminary (16 weeks, 2 hrs/week),
(second semester): 1. Interaction of ionizing radiation with the
matter (16 weeks, 4 hrs/week), 2. Nuclear instrumentation (16 weeks, 4
hrs/week), 3. Fundamental of Physiology and Oncology (16 weeks, 2 hrs/week),
4. Postgraduate Seminary (16 weeks, 2 hrs/week), 5. Project of thesis (presentation)
Second year (first semester): 1. Radiation Dosimetry I (16 weeks, 4 hrs/week), 2. Radiation Biology (16 weeks, 4 hrs/week), 3. Diagnostic Physics I (16 weeks, 4 hrs/week), 4. Postgraduate Seminary (16 weeks, 2h /Week), 5. Thesis work, (second semester): 1. Radiation Dosimetry II, 2. Radiation Protection, 3. Diagnostic Physics II, 4. Thesis presentation |
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| Number of students and faculty for Program(s): 7 students in this moment and faculty: 15 | |
| Accreditation: Hospital Physicist | |
| Language(s) of Instruction: Spanish | |
| Admission Requirements for Citizen of the Country: Physicist information | |
| Additional Admission Requirements for Foreign Nationals: Physicist information | |
| Tuition fees (per semester, per year): | |
| Availability of Scholarship/Fellowship and Pertinent Requirements: no | |
| Program Director:
Name: Maria Cristina Plazas, Ph.D. |
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| Address: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Depto. Fisica, Cuidad Universitaria | Telephone: 571-3165133/3334202
Fax: 571-3165135/3336553 E-Mail: rdf314@ibm.net Web Address: |
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| Date of Submission: August 18, 1998 | |