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Graduate Safety-Occ and Env Sfty & Hlth
Graduate Safety-Occ and Env Sfty & Hlth
2020 Fall Term
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RESEARCH METHODS IN ESH
SAFETY 701
This course introduces key concepts and skill development in scientific inquiry in Environmental Safety & Health. The course covers: foundations for scientific inquiry, types of research methodology, validity and reliability (biases & error), how to search for and review research literature, basic understanding of statistical significance, and how to develop research question/hypotheses.
DISASTER PLANNING AND RESPONSE
SAFETY 712
This course provides an overview of the organizational processes of preparing for and responding to disasters, both natural and technological. The course will begin with emergency response planning and preparation, then move into emergency operations and incident management, and conclude with a module on incident investigation and root cause analysis.
PRINCIPLES OF OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
SAFETY 757
This course will introduce the principles of occupational epidemiology and discuss the application of these principles in the recognition, control and prevention of disease and injury. The course will review the etiology of various acute, chronic, infectious, occupational and environmental diseases.
READINGS AND RESEARCH IN SAFETY
SAFETY 789
Under the direction of a faculty member the student will examine current research and professional practices and apply that knowledge to an ESH problem. The course serves as the capstone experience and requires the successful completion of a research paper.
INDIVIDUAL STUDIES
SAFETY 798
Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member.