Occupational Health Science, BS

Major Requirements (89 credits)

• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• CE 35000 - Introduction To Environmental And Ecological Engineering
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry
• CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25701 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHM 32100 - Analytical Chemistry I
• CHM 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry
• English Selective - select any 20000 level or above ENGL course - Credit Hours: 3.00
• HK 44500 - Principles Of Epidemiology
• HSCI 10100 - Introduction to the Health Sciences Professions
• HSCI 20100 - Principles of Public Health Science [Fulfills Science, Technology & Society Core]
• HSCI 20200 - Essentials Of Environmental, Occupational, And Radiological Health Sciences
• HSCI 34500 - Introduction To Occupational And Environmental Health Sciences (must earn a grade of “C” or higher) *
• HSCI 34600 - Industrial Hygiene Engineering Control (must earn a grade of “C” or higher) *
• HSCI 34800 - Industrial Hygiene Instrumentation Techniques (must earn a grade of “C” or higher) *
• HSCI 44500 - Industrial Hygiene Internship **
• HSCI 44600 - Applied Industrial Hygiene (must earn a grade of “C” or higher) *
• HSCI 56000 - Toxicology
• HSCI 58000 - Occupational Safety And Ergonomics (must earn a grade of “C” or higher) *
• HSCI Humanities, Behavior/Social Sciences Selective - select from HSCI list - Credit Hours: 3.00

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• IT 35100 - Advanced Industrial Safety And Health Management or
• IT 28100 - Industrial Safety

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• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II

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• OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations or
• OLS 27400 - Applied Leadership

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• PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I
• PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods

Required Courses for Other Departments (23-24 credits)

• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course]
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course]
• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication [Fulfills Oral Communication Core]

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication Core] and [Information Literacy Core] or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication Core] and [Information Literacy Core]

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• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I [Fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Core]
• POL 22300 - Introduction To Environmental Policy [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core]
• [Humanities Core] select course from University 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 30000 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

University Foundations Learning Outcome List

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

Note

*Satisfies a University Core Requirement.

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

Students must complete 32 credit hours of 30000 level or higher courses for graduation at Purdue

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

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Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

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