OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
Workplace Health and Safety Certificate Program |
Certificate code CTWHSU
College of Health Sciences and Professions
Department of Social and Public Health
Grover Center W324
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.4675
www.ohio.edu/chsp/social-public-health
Michele Morrone, contact person
morrone@ohio.edu
Program Overview
The Workplace Health and Safety Certificate (WHSC) is a 15-credit hour academic certificate that provides an additional job skillset to students with complementary majors such as business, human resources, engineering, chemistry, and healthcare (to name a few). This certificate offers a marketable academic sub-specialty in their primary area of academic study. All Fortune 1000 companies already have a professional safety function with their organizations but smaller companies–typically those with fewer than 250 employees–also require some expertise from the safety profession. Accordingly, the need for this type of certificate is expected to rise and remain steady in such companies.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the program:
- Students will be able to describe regulations pertaining to workplace safety.
- Students will be able to explain the safety profession.
Admissions Information
Freshman/First-Year Admission
No requirements beyond University admission requirements.
Change of Program Policy
Students in any program of study, with a minimum GPA of 2.0 and currently enrolled at Ohio University, qualify for admission.
External Transfer Admission
No requirements beyond University admission requirements.
Opportunities Upon Graduation
Students attaining this certificate are likely to be more attractive to prospective employers, giving the student broader career possibilities. For example, a student majoring in Management or Business Administration might be interested in the certificate if he or she is likely to be employed in a smaller company in need of safety expertise but lacking the resources to employ a full-time health and safety professional. A Health Services Administration major might wish to obtain this certificate should they anticipate employment in a rural setting where occupational safety and health laws still apply but expertise from governmental agencies is difficult to obtain in a timely manner.
Requirements
Certificate Hour Requirement
The Workplace Health and Safety Certificate program requires a minimum of 15 hours.
Core Requirements
Complete the following courses:
- EH 4400 - Occupational Safety and Health Credit Hours: 3
- EH 4900 - Special Topics - Environmental Health Credit Hours: 3
- OHS 2000 - Essentials of Occupational Hygiene and Professions Credit Hours: 3
Management/Leadership/Communication
Complete 1 course from the following:
- EH 4000 - Environmental Health and Safety Risk Communication Credit Hours: 3
- FIN 3310 - Risk and Insurance Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3460 - Environmental Law Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3300 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 4420 - Gender Issues in Management Credit Hours: 3
- PSY 3610 - Survey of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
- TAS 4110 - Leadership and Workplace Effectiveness Credit Hours: 3
Hazard Identification and Control
Complete 1 course from the following:
- EXPH 2280 - Community First Aid, and CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Credit Hours: 2
- ISE 3341 - Work Design Credit Hours: 3
- ISE 4380 - Human Factors Engineering Credit Hours: 3
- OHS 4000 - Occupational Hygiene and Professions Sampling and Analysis Credit Hours: 4
- OHS 4300 - Laboratory Safety and Hygiene Credit Hours: 3
- OHS 4400 - Physical Hazards Evaluation and Control Credit Hours: 3
- OHS 4500 - Public Health Emergency Response Credit Hours: 3
- RHT 1330 - Food Sanitation and Safety Credit Hours: 1
- SASM 3760 - Sport Facility and Event Management Credit Hours: 3