Occupational Health Science, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Major Course Requirements (89 credits)

A minimum grade of “C” is required for HSCI 34500, 34600, 34800, 44600, and 58000.

• 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
• HK 44500 - Principles Of Epidemiology
• HSCI 10100 - Introduction to the Health Sciences Professions
• HSCI 20100 - Principles of Public Health Science (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• HSCI 20200 - Essentials Of Environmental, Occupational, And Radiological Health Sciences
• HSCI 34500 - Introduction To Occupational And Environmental Health Sciences
• HSCI 34600 - Industrial Hygiene Engineering Control
• HSCI 34800 - Industrial Hygiene Instrumentation Techniques
• HSCI 44500 - Industrial Hygiene Internship (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.)
• HSCI 44600 - Applied Industrial Hygiene
• HSCI 56000 - Toxicology
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods
• HSCI 58000 - Occupational Safety And Ergonomics

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• CHM 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry or
• BCHM 30700 - Biochemistry

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

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• TLI 11200 - Foundations Of Organizational Leadership or
• OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations or
• OLS 27400 - Applied Leadership

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• PHYS 22000 - General Physics or
• PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I

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• PHYS 22100 - General Physics or
• PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II

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• English Selective (any ENGL course 20000 level or above) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Human Cultures Behavior/Social Sciences Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

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

• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I (satisfies one Science for core)
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II (satisfies one Science for core)
• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• POL 22300 - Introduction To Environmental Policy (satisfies Human Cultures Behavior/Social Sciences)

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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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• Human Cultures Humanities Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (7-8 credits)

An Ethics course, such as PHIL 11000 or PHIL 29000 is highly recommended.

Additional Requirements

Occupational Health Science Selective List  

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

• A student may elect the Pass / Not-Pass grading option for elective courses only, unless an academic unit requires that a specific departmental course/s be taken Pass / Not-Pass.  Students may elect to take University Core Curriculum courses Pass / Not-Pass; however, some major Plans of Study require courses that also fulfill UCC foundational outcomes.  In such cases, students may not elect the Pass / Not-Pass option.  A maximum of 24 credits of elective courses under the Pass / Not-pass grading option can be used toward graduation requirements. For further information, students should refer to the College of Health and Human Sciences Pass / Not-Pass Policy.
• *Must earn a grade of at least a C in HSCI 34500, 34600, 34800, 44600, and 58000 and they cannot be taken as pass/no pass.
• **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 Purdue coursework at the 30000 level or higher 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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