Program Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health provides comprehensive training in preventing and controlling worker and community exposures to hazardous agents and factors. Students learn about the physiological and toxicological effects of these exposures, as well as effective control measures and applicable regulations. The program prepares graduates for careers in occupational health, environmental health, and emergency response.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Overview:
The 15 credit hours graduate Certificate in Occupational Health provides education and training focused on scientific, technical, regulatory, and administrative principles and practices for preventing and controlling worker and community exposures to physical (e.g., noise, radiation), chemical (e.g., toxic), and biological (e.g., infectious, allergenic, intoxicating) agents and ergonomic factors that can cause human illness. The profession focuses on prevention of exposure or occurrence and mitigation of factors and agents that contribute to illness and injury to workers and other members of the community. Occupational health professionals also have the education and training applicable to preparedness for, and response to natural disaster and intentional terrorist events. NOCPH MPH students may take this certificate concurrently while earning their MPH, except for ENVH majors.
Objectives:
Student learning objectives for the Certificate in Occupational Health:
- Identify agents, factors, and stressors generated by and/or associated with defined sources, unit operations, and/or processes
- Describe qualitative and quantitative aspects of generation of agents, factors, and stressors
- Describe physiological and/or toxicological interactions of physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic agents, factors, and/or stressors with the human body
- Recommend and evaluate engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment controls and/or other interventions to reduce and eliminate hazards
- Demonstrate an understanding of applicable business and managerial practices
- Interpret and apply applicable occupational and environmental regulations
Outline:
Certificate in Occupational Health students take the following courses:
- PUBH 5020 Occupational Health (3 hours)
- PUBH 5310 Chemical Agents (3 hours)
- PUBH 5410 Hazard Control (3 hours)
- PUBH 5620 Physical Agents (3 hours)
- Select one of the following (3 hours):
- PUBH 5060 Occupational Safety
- PUBH 5160 Environmental Health
- PUBH 5260 Haz Mat and Emerg Response
- PUBH 6000 Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis in Public Health