Occupational Safety Concentration
Traineeships are awarded to US Citizens MPH, MS, and PhD students interested in pursuing an Occupational Safety curriculum. Students also have the ability to pursue a formal concentration in Occupational Safety as part of the MPH or MS degree program by noting such in their application materials. Due to federal funding of the trainee program, only US Citizens and US Permanent Residents are eligible to be considered for these positions. Current students interested in consideration for the traineeship should talk to the traineeship director (contact information below). The traineeship is coordinated through the Great Lakes Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Students that complete the program in Occupational Safety are eligible to become a Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP ®) upon graduation ahead of Certified Safety Professionals (CSP ®) certification.
The concentration in Occupational Safety will provide students a solid foundation in the prevention of acute traumatic injury in the occupational setting, and will help prepare students for leadership and research positions. The selected coursework will enable students to approach safety problems from an engineering hazard control perspective while understanding how these problems fit into the broader societal spectrum of the public’s health.
The concentration within the Master of Public Health program prepares students for the development, management and evaluation of environmental and occupational health programs.
In the Master of Science program, the concentration prepares students for research and program management in evaluation of environmental companies, laboratories, and policy-making organizations.
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Tessa Bonney
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Students must complete the school-wide core requirements and a sufficient number of the following courses as part of their divisional and elective choices as necessary to attain 48 semester hours of credit for the Master of Public Health degree and 52 semester hours of credit for the Master of Science degree. In addition, students must adhere to the divisional requirements as stipulated for their individual program of study.
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Occupational Safety Core (24 semester hours)
- EOHS 421 – Occupational Health and Safety Practice (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 424 – Evaluation and Control of Radiation Exposures (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 425 – Evaluation and Control of Physical Agents (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 427 – Evaluation and Control of the Psychosocial Work Environment (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 495 – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Seminar (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 501 – Exposure Assessment Strategies (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 502 – Environment, Toxicology, and Disease (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 503 – Occupational Safety (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 504 – Occupational Ergonomics and Biomechanics (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 563 – Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 571 – Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 semester hours)
Additional Requirements
Trainees are required each year to:
- Attend all weekly Illinois ERC Interdisciplinary Seminars (EOHS 495) (held weekly throughout the academic year)
- Attend at least 3 hr of Occupational Medicine Clinic per semester
- Attend at least 4 Industrial Process Tours each year
- Participate actively in at least one Illinois ERC Targeted Research Training Team each semester
Trainees are required to complete once:
- Present an Industrial Process Talk (scheduled during the ERC Seminar)
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Occupational Safety Core (30 semester hours)
- EOHS 401 – Ethics and Justice in Environmental and Occupational Health (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 402 – Systems Approaches in Environmental and Occupational Health (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 421 – Occupational Health and Safety Practice (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 424 – Evaluation and Control of Radiation Exposures (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 425 – Evaluation and Control of Physical Agents (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 427 – Evaluation and Control of the Psychosocial Work Environment (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 495 – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Seminar (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 501 – Exposure Assessment Strategies (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 502 – Environment, Toxicology, and Disease (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 503 – Occupational Safety (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 504 – Occupational Ergonomics and Biomechanics (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 563 – Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 571 – Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 semester hours)
Additional Requirements
Trainees are required each year to:
- Attend all weekly Illinois ERC Interdisciplinary Seminars (EOHS 495) (held weekly throughout the academic year)
- Attend at least 3 hr of Occupational Medicine Clinic per semester
- Attend at least 4 Industrial Process Tours each year
- Participate actively in at least one Illinois ERC Targeted Research Training Team each semester
Trainees are required to complete once:
- Present an Industrial Process Talk (scheduled during the ERC Seminar)