ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY

Program Overview:

 

Rockhurst University’s Physics of Medicine (POM) Program is designed to deepen students’ understanding of physics principles and the applicability of those principles to the medical and professional health care fields.

 

The advantages to students of this program are:

· Stronger post-graduate application to competitive health field programs.

· Undergraduate research opportunities – potential for capstone area or future graduate work.

· Value to students of interdisciplinary study, allowing them to tie together coursework in science/math with professional goals.

To suit your interests and career goals, you may choose to take courses as a Physics of Medicine Minor, a Medical Physics Major Track or as electives (see requirements below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            

 

 

 

 

Take as Electives:  With satisfaction of pre-requisites, the POM courses above can be taken individually as electives

PHYSICS OF MEDICINE

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

To complete the Physics of Medicine Minor:

 

Prerequisites:  one year of introductory physics and Calculus I (complete in first two years)

Upper Division Courses:  complete  4 upper-division POM courses (12 hrs.total)
Required: 

PH 3200: Physics of the Body I (3 Hours, Offered Fall Semester Odd years)

PH 3210:  Physics of the Body II (3 Hours, Offered Spring Semester even years)

Choose 2 from the following:

      PH 3240: Physics of Health Care Instrumentation (3 Hours, Offered Spring Semester Odd Years)

      PH 4400:  Optics (3 hours, Offered Fall Semester Even Years)

      MT 3260:  Mathematical Modeling in Medicine (3 Hours, Offered Fall Semester Even years)

To complete the Medical Physics Major Track:

 

Prerequisites:  one year of general physics, Calculus I and II (complete in the first two years)

 

Upper Division Courses: 

· Complete all four POM courses:  PH 3200, PH 3210, PH 3240, MT 3260

· Complete upper division courses in physics and math required for the medical physics major track (Optics, Modern Physics, Electricity and Magnetism, Advanced Laboratory, Calculus III Differential Equations, Applied Analysis and Linear Algebra.)