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25 October 2018
New Health Physics Minor at North Carolina State University

The North Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Department is pleased to announce an approved minor offered in health physics with associated graduate research and faculty supporting this discipline. The technical content of the coursework for the minor is intended to both support decommissioning and decontamination for nuclear power plants whose license has expired as well as general radiation safety practice for the industry as a whole. In addition, the minor was designed to simultaneously couple with the department's current accelerated bachelor's to master's program for students to get the health physics minor while fast tracking to complete a master's degree in nuclear engineering (MNE). This allows students to accomplish within a cumulative 5-year time frame both a bachelor of science in nuclear engineering (BSNE) and an MNE while simultaneously obtaining the health physics minor and doing research work in health physics. Research topics include dosimetry, air monitoring, and radiation detection. The required coursework for all electives and general education is listed below, which when coupled with the traditional BSNE, would equip students to serve this facet of our industry.

Health Physics Minor Required Courses

  • ET105 Introduction to Environmental Regulations
  • NE202 Radiation Sources, Interaction, and Detection
  • NE290 Introduction to Health Physics
  • MEA215 Introduction to Atmospheric Science
  • AES323 Water Management
  • ST370 Probability and Statistics for Engineers
  • NE404/504 Radiation Safety and Shielding
  • MEA412 Atmospheric Physics
  • NR484 Environmental Impact Assessment
  • NE431/531 Nuclear Waste Management
  • NE490/590 Radiological Assessment and Nuclear Emergency Response