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Oct 03, 2024
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2014-2015 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
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Occupational Health Science Core (University Foundational Learning Outcomes) (26-27 credits)
Written Communication and Information Literacy
Fulfills 1 Science Core Course
Fulfills 1 Science Core Course
Humanities
- select course from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
Science, Technology & Society
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
All students must complete 32 credits of 300 level or higher courses at Purdue for graduation
120 credits required for Bachelor of Science degree
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
Effective: Fall 2014 Beginners
Fall 1st Year
Freshman Year First Semester
Spring 1st Year
Second Semester
Fall 2nd Year
Sophomore Year Third Semester
Spring 2nd Year
Fourth Semester
Fall 3rd Year
Junior Year Fifth Semester
Spring 3rd Year
Sixth Semester
Fall 4th Year
Senior Year Seventh Semester
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
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.
Expired Course
Any course without a link to its description is one that has been expired. However, this course could fulfill the degree requirement historically.
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