IIT 372 — HEALTH PHYSICS (CUR-371)
IIT 372 — HEALTH PHYSICS is a DePaul University catalog course in IIT Partnership. This course covers topics in Radiation Physics, including general aspects of radioactivity, radioactive series decay, alpha particle energies, beta decays, electron capture, gamma ray emission, interaction of radiation with matter, two-particle collisions, elastic scattering, interaction of heavy charged particles with matter, Coulomb force interactions, radiative stopping power, collision stopping power for heavy charged particles, interaction of light charged particles
Summary 🟢 ✓
- Resource type: course
- College / school: Illinois Institute of Technology (Engineering)
- College/School: IIT Partnership
- Curriculum section: Engineering / Computer Science / CDM
- Catalog: IIT 372
- Last Verified: 2026-07-01
Course access
- Access: 🟢 Green — Open or routine access
- Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
- Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description
Verification
- Status: ✓ Catalog course
- Rationale: Captured from official DePaul course catalog (2026-06-30 catalog review).
- Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/iit
- Last verified: 2026-07-01
Catalog description
This course covers topics in Radiation Physics, including general aspects of radioactivity, radioactive series decay, alpha particle energies, beta decays, electron capture, gamma ray emission, interaction of radiation with matter, two-particle collisions, elastic scattering, interaction of heavy charged particles with matter, Coulomb force interactions, radiative stopping power, collision stopping power for heavy charged particles, interaction of light charged particles with matter, and bremsstrahlung radiation (Taught at IIT as PHYS 571) (4.5 quarter hours)
Resource relevance
Catalog course linked to map themes/programs: illinois_institute_of_technology_dual_degree.
Documented resource links
EXT-016
- Relationship: taught_at_partner
- Rationale: DePaul catalog lists this course as taught at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) under the DePaul–IIT joint engineering programs.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/student-handbooks/undergraduate/univers…
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/iit
- Resource page: EXT-016
Notes
Catalog course key: IIT 372.
Catalog context
- Programs: illinois_institute_of_technology_dual_degree
- Recent schedule: Not offered in the queried registrar terms