ABET-ANSAC Accreditation - BS/BA OHS
It is expected that within three years of graduation students will be able to:
- Demonstrate high level of knowledge, skills, and technical competency in anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling occupational health and safety risks
- Provide guidance and significant support to the organization in which they work through the advancement of health and safety in the workplace
- Be creative and resourceful by applying business understanding, science, and recognized scientific principles for the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of occupational health problems
- Act responsibly and ethically by adhering to the code of ethics for the industrial hygiene profession
- Effectively communicate with stakeholders by both written and verbal means
- Demonstrate a continuous and long-term commitment to learning with an aspiration of obtaining professional certification
- Contribute to the health and safety profession by participating actively in professional organizations, technical committees, or local groups
- Complete a graduate degree at a Masters level for those choosing to pursue graduate studies following undergraduate graduation.
It is expected that at the time of graduation students will:
- Identify health-affecting agents, factors, and stressors and how they relate to typical industrial processes, unit operations, and tasks
- Explain mechanisms of human physiological response, toxicity, and health damage associated with exposure to industrial agents, factors, or stressors
- Describe mechanisms of generation and air dispersion of chemical agents in quantitative and qualitative terms
- Assess dose-response and risk characterization of occupational agents based on toxicological data, mechanisms of exposure and routes of entry
- Interpret industrial hygiene data by applying statistical and epidemiological principles
- Utilize credible sources of information for identifying and predicting health, safety, and environmental hazards and stressors
- Identify the scope, application, use, and interpretation of standards that regulate occupational exposures to chemical and physical agents
- Be proficient in all phases of exposure assessment (qualitative and quantitative) including strategies for obtaining representative data; collection, handling and analysis of samples; interpretation of data; and communication of results
- Apply principles of physics and mathematics to describe mechanical systems, energy sources, and methods used to evaluate occupational exposures to physical agents
- Identify, prioritize and make recommendations of applicable options for the control of occupational hazards
- Apply principles of design and use standard practices for performance evaluations of ventilation systems used for exposure control
- Select and recommend proper personal protective equipment
- Describe fundamental aspects of safety and the importance of creating effective safety programs
- Describe fundamental aspects of environmental health
- Recognize that occupational and environmental health issues and solutions can impact the economy, environment, and trade
- Apply principles of management to health and safety
- Identify the scope of application, use, and limitations of standards and guidelines applicable to health, safety, and environmental practice
- Communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- Design programs and training materials for educating constituencies in occupational health and safety
- Demonstrate familiarity with the code of ethics of the IH profession and the importance of ethical conduct and professional responsibility
- Function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines and analyze risk and uncertainty
- Design and conduct experiments and interpret results from the analysis of experimental data
OHS Annual Enrollment and Graduation Data | ||
Academic Year | Enrollment | Graduates |
2008-2009 | 33 | 12 |
2009-2010 | 30 | 10 |
2010-2011 | 32 | 3 |
2011-2012 | 38 | 7 |
2012-2013 | 43 | 9 |
2013-2014 | 49 | 12 |
2014-2015 | 54 | 7 |
2015-2016 | 61 | 18 |
2016-2017 | 53 | 13 |
2017-2018 | 46 | 15 |
2018-2019 | 38 | 12 |
2019-2020 | 35 | 7 |
2020-2021 | 26 | 13 |
2021-2022 | 20 | 8 |
2022-2023 | 15 | 4 |
2023-2024 | 21 |