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2015-2016 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Occupational Health Science, BS


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About the Program

Occupational Health Science is a science dedicated to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of hazards in the workplace. The industrial hygienist performs qualitative and quantitative workplace exposure assessments of adverse chemical, physical, radiological, and biological agents. The goal of occupational health science is to control such exposures to prevent fatalities, injuries, and/or illnesses that impact the health, performance and well-being of workers. At Purdue the occupational health science program emphasis is on exposure assessment and use of engineering controls to eliminate such hazards.

Summary of Program Requirements

The Summary of Program Requirements for Occupational Health Science  is a comprehensive list of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. Unlike the full Detailed Program Requirements listed below, complete lists of selectives for any given category are not shown. These summaries are intended to be printer-friendly and less expansive in detail.

Detailed Program Requirements

Please see below for detailed program requirements and possible selective fulfillments.

HLTH-BS
OCCH
120 credits

Occupational Health Science Core (University Foundational Learning Outcomes) (26-27 credits)


Fulfills 1 Science Core Course


Fulfills 1 Science Core Course


Humanities


  • select course from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00

Quantitative Reasoning


Required Courses for Occupational Health Science (83 credits)


HSCI Humanities, Behavioral/Social Sciences Selectives - select from list (3 credits)


  • select course from HSCI Humanities, Behavior/Social Sciences list - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (7-8 credits)


An Ethics course (such as PHIL 11100 - Ethics  or PHIL 29000 - Environmental Ethics ) is highly recommended.

Note


*A grade of “C” or higher must be earned in HSCI 34500 , HSCI 34600 , HSCI 34800 , HSCI 44600  and HSCI 58000 .

**An internship is strongly recommended but is not required; HSCI 44500  can be taken as an elective if the student has had a previous acceptable industrial hygiene work experience.

All students must complete 32 credits of 300 level or higher courses at Purdue for graduation


120 credits required for Bachelor of Science degree


University Foundational Learning Outcomes List


https://www.purdue.edu/provost/initiatives/curriculum/course.html

HSCI Humanities, Behavioral/Social Sciences Selectives List - select any course(s) from the following subjects


  • Anthropology (ANTH)
  • Art & Design (AD)
  • Classics (CLCS)
  • Communication (COM)
  • Dance (DANC)
  • Economics (ECON)
  • English (ENGL)
  • Foreign Languages & Literatures (FLL)
  • History (HIST)
  • Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS)
  • Music (MUS)
  • Philosophy (PHIL)
  • Political Science (POL)
  • Psychology (PSY)
  • Sociology (SOC)
  • Theatre (THTR)

Program Requirements


120 credit hours required

16-17 Credits


14 Credits


16 Credits


15 Credits


15 Credits


16 Credits


Fall 4th Year


Senior Year Seventh Semester

14 Credits


Spring 4th Year


Eighth Semester

  • English Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective - Crdeit Hours: 3.00
  • HSCI Hum. Sel. - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective - Credit Hours: 1.00 - 2.00

13-14 Credits


University Foundations Learning Outcome List


http://www.purdue.edu/provost/initiatives/curriculum/course.html

Note


*(BSS) Behavioral/Social Science - 1 course
*(H) Humanities - 1 course
*(OC) Oral Communication - 1 course
*(QR) Quantitative Reasoning - 1 course
*(S) Science - 2 courses
*(IL) Information Literacy - 1 course
*(STS) Science, Technology, & Society) - 1 course
*(WC) Written Communication - 1 course

**Must earn a grade of at least a C in HSCI 34500 , HSCI 34600 , HSCI 34800 , HSCI 44600 , and HSCI 58000 .

Purdue students must complete 32 credit hours of 300 level or above courses for graduation with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Student is responsible for completing and fulfilling all graduation requirements.

Critical Course


The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

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