Bachelor of Science (Honours) major in Medical Physics and Imaging Technology

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The study of Medical Physics and Imaging Technology provides a very complex toolkit to support your ability to work in the biomedical industries, engage in the medical physics training or pursue a research career in biomedical optics.
You will study Medical Science courses that examine the ways in which host immune mechanisms control infection, advanced biomedical imaging studies of concepts related to the biology of cancer, and Physics courses that explore filtering and digital signal processing and advanced electromagnetism.

This programme involves extensive specialist training in imaging and physiology that may create a pathway to proceed to further postgraduate study in Medical Physics, Biophotonics, Biomedical Imaging or Biophysics.

Areas of research interests open to exploration include:

Theory of light matter interactions relevant to biological systems
Development of optical sensing and imaging systems
Data and image processing
Development of instrumentation and optical probes

Students considering the Bachelor of Science (Honours) Medical Physics and Imaging Technology programme should have a strong background in Physics and Mathematics. Courses in Biological Sciences or Physiology are also a good combination to have to provide a good foundation to progress your postgraduate studies in Medical Physics and Imaging Technology.

Companies such as the Auckland District Health Board, Cubic Health and Orion Health require medical physicists with the specific skill-set required in biophotonic, biomedical imaging and instrumentation.

Jobs related to Medical Physics and Imaging Technology include:

Health analyst
Medical Physicist
Researcher
Scientific advisor

Prerequisite: A major in Physics or its equivalent approved by the Academic Head or nominee

Complete 120 points comprising:

45 points for all Imaging Compulsory Courses, and
15 points for all Physics Compulsory Course, and
15 points from Elective Courses, and
Either:
45 points for all Dissertation - 1 Semester, or
45 points for all Dissertation - 2 Semesters

Imaging Compulsory Courses

Complete 45 points for ALL of the following:

MEDSCI 703 - Advanced Biomedical Imaging (15 points)

MEDSCI 737 - Biomedical MRI (15 points)

PHYSICS 780 - Advanced Imaging Technologies (15 points)

Physics Compulsory Course

Complete 15 points for ALL of the following:

PHYSICS 743 - Waves and Potentials (15 points)

Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

MEDSCI 704 - Stem Cells and Development (15 points)

MEDSCI 705 - Infection, Immunity and Disease (15 points)

MEDSCI 706 - Genomic Medicine (15 points)

MEDSCI 707 - Antimicrobials and Resistance (15 points)

MEDSCI 708 - Advanced Immunology and Immunotherapy (15 points)

MEDSCI 709 - Nutrition in Health and Disease (15 points)

MEDSCI 710 - Nutrition Mechanisms (15 points)

MEDSCI 711 - Clinical Nutrition (15 points)

MEDSCI 712 - Critical Evaluation of Nutritional Therapies (15 points)

MEDSCI 713 - Principles of Cancer Therapy (15 points)

MEDSCI 714 - Advanced Cancer Biology (15 points)

MEDSCI 715 - Molecular Toxicology (15 points)

MEDSCI 716 - Advanced Drug Disposition and Kinetics (15 points)

MEDSCI 717 - Advanced Neuroscience: Neuropharmacology (15 points)

MEDSCI 718 - Pharmacology of Anaesthetics and Analgesics (15 points)

MEDSCI 719 - Pharmacometrics (15 points)

MEDSCI 720 - Biomedical Research Techniques (15 points)

MEDSCI 722 - Clinical Pharmacology (15 points)

MEDSCI 723 - Cancer Pharmacology (15 points)

MEDSCI 727 - Advanced Neuroscience: Neurophysiology (15 points)

MEDSCI 729 - Perinatal Physiology and Medicine (15 points)

MEDSCI 730 - Reproductive Science (15 points)

MEDSCI 731 - Advanced Reproductive Biology (15 points)

MEDSCI 732 - Molecular Aspects of Endocrinology and Metabolism (15 points)

MEDSCI 734 - Advanced Cardiovascular Science (15 points)

MEDSCI 735 - Concepts in Pharmacology (15 points)

MEDSCI 738 - Biological Clocks (15 points)

MEDSCI 739 - Advanced Sensory Neuroscience (15 points)

PHYSICS 703 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics (15 points)

PHYSICS 715 - Directed Study (15 points)

PHYSICS 741 - Advanced Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics (15 points)

PHYSICS 742 - Advanced Statistical Mechanics and Condensed Matter (15 points)

PHYSICS 746 - Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory (15 points)

PHYSICS 748 - General Relativity (15 points)

PHYSICS 751 - Special Topic (15 points)

PHYSICS 752 - Photonics (15 points)

PHYSICS 753 - The Dynamic Universe (15 points)

PHYSICS 754 - Condensed Matter Physics (15 points)

PHYSICS 757 - Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (15 points)

PHYSICS 791 - Special Topic (15 points)

PHYSICS 792 - Special Topic (15 points)

Dissertation - 1 Semester

Complete 45 points for ALL of the following:

PHYSICS 787 - Dissertation - Level 9 (45 points)

Dissertation - 2 Semesters

Complete 45 points for ALL of the following:

PHYSICS 787A - Dissertation - Level 9 (15 points)

PHYSICS 787B - Dissertation - Level 9 (30 points)