Mar 19, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2013-14 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2013-14 [Archived Catalog]

Occupational Hygiene and Safety Major (B.S.O.H.S.)


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Major Code BS3300

College of Health Sciences and Professions 
Social and Public Health 
Grover Center W324
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.4675
Fax: 740.593.0555
www.ohio.edu/chsp/sph


Tim Ryan, contact person

Program Overview

As an occupational hygiene and safety major, you’ll learn to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace environmental factors that may affect the health, comfort, and productivity of the worker. The program also introduces you to policy issues critical to worker health and safety. With new technologies emerging every day, the industrial hygienist’s job function grows increasingly valuable to the health and well being of workers, the community, and the environment.
 

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Change of Program Policy

No selective or limited admission requirements.

External Transfer Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.
 

Opportunities Upon Graduation

Career opportunities in industrial hygiene, and the inseparable field of safety are diverse and many. Graduates of the occupational hygiene and safety program work in industry, research laboratories, corporations, insurance companies, and governmental agencies. Some find employment in health care settings, including hospitals, laboratories, or universities. Still more options exist for you in the field of education or with public utilities, natural resource departments, consulting firms, and hazardous waste companies. OU graduates typically begin their OHS careers as technical specialists at one of a diverse group of employers. These may include a manufacturing or industrial company, governmental agency, consulting firm, or health care or educational institution. Historically, the job market has allowed many Ohio University graduates to advance to managerial positions, and ultimately on to senior administrative duties (subject to individual graduate skills and capabilities).
 

Requirements

 

Major Hours Requirement


The occupational hygiene and safety major requires a minimum of 122 hours.

Universitywide Graduation Requirements


To complete this program, students must meet all Universitywide graduation requirements .

College-Level Requirements for the College of Health Sciences and Professions


View the College-Level Requirements for the College of Health Sciences and Professions .

Basic Science Foundation


Complete the following courses and subsets:

Biology


Complete one of the following courses:

Chemistry


Complete one of the following options:

Chemistry 1 Option


Complete the following courses:

Chemistry 2 Option


Complete the following courses:

Chemistry Option 3


Complete the following courses:

Other Required Courses


Complete the following courses:

Statistics


Complete one of the following courses:

Professionalism


Complete two of the following courses:

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