The following are the education objectives and student outcomes for the BS program in Safety, Health, and Environmental Applied Sciences.
Program Educational Objectives
- During their first five years upon graduation, graduates working as safety, health, and environmental professionals will demonstrate/communicate abilities to:
- anticipate, identify, and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices to manage overall risk,
- develop risk control methods, procedures, and programs and understand how they impact the organization,
- implement, administer, and advise others on risk controls and risk control programs, and
- measure, audit, and evaluate the effectiveness and continuously improve risk controls and risk control programs.
- Graduates are prepared to continue their professional growth and the integration of new knowledge into their profession.
- Graduates are prepared to act in a professional and ethical manner.
Student Outcomes
At the time of graduation, students will have gained knowledge in the following areas:
- environmental, health, and safety fundamentals
- physiological and/or toxicological interactions of physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic agents, factors, and/or stressors with the human body
- anticipation, identification, and evaluation of potentially hazardous agents, conditions, and practice
- fundamental exposure assessment techniques (both qualitative and quantitative)
- environmental, health, and safety data interpretation including statistical and epidemiological principles
- development of hazard control designs, methods, procedures, and programs
- accident/incident investigation and analysis
- industrial and construction safety
- legal aspects of environmental, health, and safety practices
- environmental, health and safety program management
- hazardous materials/waste recognition, control, and remediation
- air pollution fundamentals and control technologies
- water pollution fundamentals and control technologies
- environmental regulations and permitting processes
- environmental sampling and measurement methodologies
Additionally, students will be able to:
- identify, formulate, and solve broadly defined technical or scientific problems by applying knowledge of mathematics and sciences and/or technical topics to areas relevant to the discipline.
- formulate or design a system, process, procedure or program to meet desired needs.
- develop and conduct experiments or test hypotheses, analyze and interpret data and use scientific judgment to draw conclusions.
- communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- understand ethical and professional responsibilities and the impact of technical and/or scientific solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, and analyze risk and uncertainty.