Major Code BS3300

College of Health Sciences and Professions
Social and Public Health, Department of
Grover Center W324
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.4675
Fax: 740.593.0555
www.ohio.edu/chsp/sph

Tim Ryan, contact person

Program Overview

As an occupational hygiene and safety major, you will learn to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace environmental factors that may affect the health, safety and security, comfort, and productivity of the worker. The program also introduces you to policy issues critical to worker health and safety. With new technologies emerging every day, the hygiene and safety professional’s job function grows increasingly critical to the health and well being of workers, their employers, the community, and the environment.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Change of Program Policy

No selective or limited admission requirements.

External Transfer Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

Career opportunities in occupational hygiene, and the inseparable field of safety, are diverse and many. Graduates of the occupational hygiene and safety program work in industry, research laboratories, corporations, insurance companies, and governmental agencies. Some find employment in health care settings, including hospitals, laboratories, or universities. Still more options exist in the areas of transportation, utilities, defense, resource management, consulting, and hazardous materials and waste. Ohio University graduates typically begin their OHS careers as technical specialists at one of a diverse group of employers. These may include a manufacturing or heavy industrial company, governmental agency, consulting firm, or health care or educational institution. Historically, the job market has allowed many Ohio University graduates to advance to managerial positions, and ultimately on to senior administrative duties (subject to individual skills, motivation and capabilities).

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