(BIOMEDE 484) Radiological Health Engineering Fundamentals

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: NERS 320 or MATH 216 or MATH 256 or MATH 286; or graduate standing; No OP/F. Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite . Credit Exclusion: Only one course may earn credit from NERS/BIOMEDE 484 and NERS/BIOMEDE 582 . (3 credits) Fundamental physics behind radiological health engineering and topics in quantitative radiation protection. Radiation quantities and measurement, regulations and enforcement, external and internal dose estimation, radiation biology, radioactive waste issues, radon gas, emergencies and wide variety of radiation sources from health physics perspective.