THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
UBC Curriculum Proposal Form
Change to Course or Program
Category: (1 or 2)
Faculty: Science
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Effective Session: 09W
Proposed Calendar Entry:
PHYS 405 (3) Radiation Biophysics
Physical and chemical interactions of
ionizing radiations and their biological
effects at the cellular, tissue and wholeanimal levels. See the Faculty of Science
credit exclusion list.
[3-0-0]
Prerequisite: PHYS 102 or PHYS 108
and third year standing in Science or
Applied Science.
Date: Feb 10, 2009
Contact Person: R. Kiefl
Phone: 2-3037
Email: kiefl@triumf.ca
Present Calendar Entry:
PHYS 405 (3) Radiation Biophysics
Physical and chemical interactions of ionizing
radiations and their biological effects at the cellular,
tissue and whole-animal levels. [3-0-0]
Prerequisite: Third year standing in Science or
Applied Science or permission of the Department
Head is required.
Action:
Change the prerequisites. Replace the
credit exclusion with a reference to
the official Faculty of Science credit
exclusion list. Add in a link to
the credit exclusion list.
Rationale:
A small number of students that have registered in
the course were disadvantaged by a lack of basic
knowledge of radiation, which is covered in PHYS
102 or PHYS 108. It saves space and is better to
refer to the official Faculty of Science credit
exclusion list.
Faculty Approval Date:
UBC Curriculum Proposal (v1/04)
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