Medical Physics and History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

The stream leaders for this combination are:

Medical Physics	Dr Pavlo Zubko	p.zubko@ucl.ac.uk
History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science	Dr Simon Lock	simon.lock@ucl.ac.uk

Year 1

Term 1

Core modules

PHAS0011	Modern Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology	15 credits	T1
HPSC0009	Introduction to History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science	15 credits	T1
NSCI0010	Science and Society	0 credits	T1
NSCI0005	Mathematics for Natural Sciences A	15 credits	T1

Choose an additional foundation module

CHEM0005	Chemical Foundations	15 credits	T1~3
BIOS0019	Life Sciences Foundation	15 credits	T1
GEOL0007	The Earth	15 credits	T1
STAT0002	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	15 credits	T1

Term 2

Core modules

PHAS0005	Waves, Optics and Acoustics	15 credits	T2
NSCI0027	Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus	15 credits	T2

Select two modules

HPSC0004	Philosophy of Science 1	15 credits	T2
HPSC0010	History of Modern Science	15 credits	T2
HPSC0008	Science Communication and Public Engagement	15 credits	T2

Year 2

Choose one module

NSCI0036	Programming for Scientists	15 credits	T2
NSCI0039	Science Communication	15 credits	T1
NSCI0038	Science for All	15 credits	T2

(Medical Physics)
Choose at least 45 credits

Core modules

MPHY0005	Physics of the Human Body	15 credits	T2
MPHY0006	Introduction to Biophysics	15 credits	T2

Select one module

NSCI0033	Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism	15 credits	T2
PHAS0021	Electricity and Magnetism	15 credits	T1

Cannot select both modules

Choose 0-15 credits

PHAS0025	Mathematical Methods III	15 credits	T1

(History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science)
Choose at least 45 credits

Choose 15-45 credits

HPSC0105	Sociology of Science and Technology	15 credits	T1
HPSC0017	Science and Ethics	15 credits	T2
HPSC0139	History of Science 2	15 credits	T2
HPSC0013	Science in Popular Culture	15 credits	T2

Choose 0-30 credits

HPSC0012	Policy Issues in the Life Sciences	15 credits	T1
HPSC0036	Engaging the Public with Science	15 credits	T2
HPSC0124	Science in Government	15 credits	T1
HPSC0037	Missing info
HPSC0014	Philosophy of Science 2	15 credits	T1

Year 3

Core modules

NSCI0004	Literature Project for Natural Sciences BSc/MSci Programme	15 credits	T1&2

(Medical Physics)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Core modules

Major stream select all modules; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

MPHY0018	Biomedical Ultrasound	15 credits	T1
MPHY0016	Medical Imaging with Ionising Radiation	15 credits	T2
MPHY0038	Treatment with Ionising Radiation	15 credits	T1

Major stream select 15-30 credits

MPHY0039	Applications of Biomedical Engineering	15 credits	T2
PHAS0054	Practical Physics 3 (For Natural Sciences)	15 credits	T2

(History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Option Modules

HPSC0111	Science, Art and Philosophy	15 credits	T2
HPSC0158	Missing info
HPSC0002	Disease in History	15 credits	T2
HPSC0039	Science, Warfare and Peace	15 credits	T2
HPSC0110	Medicine, History and Society	15 credits	T1
HPSC0042	Advanced Sociology of Science	15 credits	T1
HPSC0067	Science in the Ancient World	15 credits	T2
HPSC0044	Science and the Publishing Industry	15 credits	T2
HPSC0107	Science Journalism	15 credits	T2
HPSC0034	Special Topics in Science and Society	15 credits	T2
HPSC0065	Missing info

Year 4

Choose the relevant research project

MPHY0036	Research Project in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (Masters Level)	45 credits	T1&2
HPSC0145	MSci Research Project in Science and Technology Studies	60 credits	T1&2

(Medical Physics)
Major stream select 45-75 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option Modules

MPHY0015	Physiological Monitoring	15 credits	T1
MPHY0019	MRI and Biomedical Optics	15 credits	T2
MPHY0020	Computing in Medicine	15 credits	T1
MPHY0037	Medical Electronics and Neural Engineering	15 credits	T2
MPHY0030	Programming Foundations for Medical Image Analysis	15 credits	T1
MPHY0039	Applications of Biomedical Engineering	15 credits	T2

Y4 students to avoid taking both MPHY0020 and MPHY0030 together – both term 1, MPHY0020 is introductory (50% MATLAB and appropriate for those with little/no prior experience of computing, includes digital signal and image processing, topics on general application of computing to medicine), MPHY0030 – more advanced for those with prior programming experience.

(History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science) Major stream select 30-60 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option modules

HPSC0157	Science Technology and International Development	15 credits	T2
HPSC0092	Responsible Science and Innovation	15 credits	T1
HPSC0089	Curating Science and Technology	15 credits	T2
HPSC0126	Research Methods in Data Analysis in Science and Technology Studies	15 credits	T1
HPSC0080	Early Modern Science	15 credits	T1
HPSC0093	Science Policy in an Era of Risk and Uncertainty	15 credits	T2
HPSC0084	Causality and Evidence in Science	15 credits	T2
HPSC0127	Public Engagement for Social Justice	15 credits	T1