Occupational Health Science, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (89 credits)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (23-24 credits)

• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I (satisfies Science course for core)
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II (satisfies Science course for core)
• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core)

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core)

• or

• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core)

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• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• POL 22300 - Introduction To Environmental Policy (satisfies Behavior/Social Science for core)
• Humanities Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (7-8 credits)

• Recommended:

• PHIL 11100 - Ethics

• or

• PHIL 29000 - Environmental Ethics

HSCI Humanities, Behavior/Social Sciences Selectives List

Select any course(s) from the following subjects:

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

• For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

*Must earn a grade of at least a C

**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.

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

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

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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