RADIOBIOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing or ( PHYSICS 202 or 208 and ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 or 153 ) Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain an understanding of the physical, chemical and molecular basis of the action of radiation on biological systems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe the radiobiological principles forming the basis for the use of radiation as a cancer therapy Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Understand the potential deleterious short and longer-term effects of radiation on normal tissues and organs and on the whole body Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe how chemotherapy and molecularly targeted agent can alter response of biological systems to radiation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Understand the principles of radiation protection Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain an understanding of the physical, chemical and molecular basis of the action of radiation on biological systems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe the radiobiological principles forming the basis for the use of radiation as a cancer therapy Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Understand the potential deleterious short and longer-term effects of radiation on normal tissues and organs and on the whole body Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe how chemotherapy and molecularly targeted agent can alter response of biological systems to radiation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Understand the principles of radiation protection Audience: Graduate