MDPH407-25W (C) Whole Year 2025

Research Tools

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 16 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 August 2025

Description

This course is preparation for research in the Medical Physics area and includes modules on writing, presentation and typesetting skills, programming, statistics, data analysis, optimization, medical treatment planning and Monte Carlo modelling of radiation transport.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Restrictions

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 11:00 - 13:00 Rehua 008 Computer Lab
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 313 Physics Lab
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator

Steven Marsh

Lecturer

Chris Gordon

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Weekly Assignments 100% Assessment This is a pass/fail course. There is no final exam. Assessment consists of assignments every week or so, which will generally be due by Friday two weeks after the relevant computer lab or lecture. Students must pass all assignments. • All students have four assignments in Term 1 and Term 2. • MDPH407 students have three assignments in Term 3 and two in Term 4.

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Additional Course Outline Information

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,213.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

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