Graduate Courses

The following lists the current course offerings in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences (OEH).

6250 Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety Training: Cr. 2. This survey course presents the organizational elements of a training program for health and safety professionals who have increasing responsibility for administrating health and safety training programs.

6335 Laboratory Approaches to Analytical and Forensic Toxicology, Cr. 3. This course will serve to introduce analytical approaches to evaluating organic and inorganic samples in biological matrices, from the perspective of an analytical toxicologist/forensic scientist. Principles of analytical methods will be described, with application of these principles in laboratory experiments.

7010 Principles of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. Cr. 3. Fundamentals of industrial hygiene, recognition of toxic agents, evaluation procedures and engineering control methods.

7060 Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences. Cr. 4. Consists of OEH 7010 and discussional OEH 7160 and includes occupational and environmental exposures, and their recognition, evaluation procedures and engineering control, and discussions on public health issues that include ground water and surface water management, indoor and urban air pollution, environmental disease vectors, solid and liquid waste disposal, food safety, and community health regulations.

7075 Exposure Assessment in Toxicology. Cr. 4. Consists of OEH 7010 and OEH 7175 seminar discussion session. Includes occupational and environmental exposures, their recognition, evaluation procedures and engineering control. The role of analytical methodology in detecting and reporting exposures in a variety of investigative settings.

7080 Industrial Hygiene Practice. Cr. 2. Prereq: OEH 7010, 7060 or 7075. Four two-hour field visits per term, guided by an industrial hygienist, to observe monitoring and control practices in the field. Students prepare written reports.

7090 Seminar - Frontiers in Industrial Hygiene. Cr. 1. Informative presentations by leaders in the field of industrial hygiene, toxicology, occupational medicine, pollution control and environmental health.

7110 Occupational Ergonomics. Cr. 2. Ergonomic perspective of skeletal and muscular biofunctions as they relate to industrial, office or general employment situations.

7120 Principles of Industrial Noise Control. Cr. 3. Coreq: OEH 7010, 7060 or 7075. Fundamentals of sound propagation and measurement; use of sound level meters, frequency analyzers, and audiometric devices; sound abatement methods.

7160 Current Topics in Occupational and Environmental Health. Cr. 1. Discussions on public health issues that include ground water and surface water management, indoor and urban air pollution, environmental disease vectors, solid and liquid waste disposal, food safety, and community health regulations.

7175 Analytical Applications in Toxicology. Cr. 1. Discussions on current issues and case studies associated with analysis of toxicants in food, air, water, soil, clinical and forensic specimens.

7270 Radiation Safety: Principles and Practice. Cr. 2. Basic principles and practices of radioactivity; interactions of radiation with matter. Dosimetry, instrumentation, internal and external radiation protection. Principles and practice of radiation safety in work environment.

7280 Occupational Safety. Cr. 2. Basic job safety analysis: machine guarding, fire protection, material handling and ergonomics.

7290 Principles of System and Process Safety Management. Cr. 3. The principles and philosophy of system and process safety management will be presented as applied to products and materials, processes, community environments, avocations and sports, residential settings, transportation, construction, and workplace settings. Emphasis will be placed on anticipation of hazards and applying scientific and statistical concepts of risk management to prevent injuries, illnesses, deaths, and significant property damage.

7300 Industrial Toxicology. Cr. 3. Prereq: OEH 7010, 7060 or 7075. Adverse effects of hazardous chemicals on living tissue. Occupational and environmental poisonings to various organ systems; mutagenesis and carcinogenesis.

7310 Critical Issues in Toxicology. Cr. 2. Prereq: OEH 7300. Survey of metals and their compounds, industrial gases, and mineral dusts from the viewpoint of their toxicity.

7330 Selected Topics in Toxicology. Cr. 2. Prereq: OEH 7300. Provides state-of-the art information on contemporary topics, regulatory concepts and emerging issues in toxicology. (formerly named organic toxicology)

7350 Toxicology for Hazardous Waste Managers. Cr. 3. (Not available to OEHS students) Prereq: MAT 180, BIO 151, CHM 108, or equivalents. Information for specialists in hazardous waste management regarding toxicology of materials encountered in the field.

7390 Introduction to the Epidemiology of Occupational and Environmental Diseases. Cr. 2. Prereqs.: OEH 7300 or consent of instructor; Coreq: OEH 7610 taken concurrently. Introduction of the epidemiology of industry-related diseases and the pathophysiological changes associated with common occupational or environmental exposures, risk factors associated with the worker population and study limitations will be discussed in the context of actual case studies. Class discussion will evaluate how study results may guide health-based decision-making.

7420 Principles of Environmental Health. Cr. 3. Introduction to a wide range of real; world topics, including; the interaction of humans with the environment; food protection and technology; integrated pest management; the indoor, institutional, recreational and occupational environments; instrumentation; air quality management; solid and hazardous waste management; private and public water supplies; private and public sewage dispose; soil and water pollution and water quality control; and environmental health emergencies.

7510 Air Sampling and Analysis. Cr. 3 Coreq; OEH 7010, 7060 or 7075. Classical methods of obtaining samples of the air; recent developments in portable direct reading devices; theory underlying the use of impingers, electrostatic and thermal precipitators, filtration media, and other sampling devices.

7520 Optical Microscopy for Industrial Hygienists. Cr. 2. Expanded study of the use of microscope for dust counting and sizing and for identification of industrial hygiene hazards; use of petrographic, stereo and phase-contrast microscope.

7600 Principles of Industrial Ventilation. Cr. 3. Coreq: OEH 7010, 7060 or 7075. Principles of air movement; their application to design of industrial ventilation systems; air measuring devices, duct and hood design, dust collector performance, fan selection; typical industrial problems, including foundry and paint spraying operations.

7610 Statistics and Risk Management in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences. Cr. 3. Coreq: OEH 7010, 7060 or 7075. Application of statistical methods to industrial hygiene and toxicological data. Data summaries applied to exercise in problem solving using risk assessment/management techniques.

7630 Research Techniques in Toxicology, Cr. 2. Introduction to basic techniques and approaches and their application to problem solving in toxicology.

7720 Industrial Hygiene Control Methods. Cr. 2 Prereq: OEH 7010, 7060 or 7075. Control of the industrial environment to prevent occupational illness; use of respiratory protection, substitution procedures, protective clothing, shielding and isolation to control factors in the environment; laboratory and field visits.

7820 Regulatory Affairs in Occupational and Environmental Health. Cr. 2. History, scope, and application of federal and state laws and regulations concerning occupational safety and health, toxic substances in the environments, and related areas. Methods of compliance, penalties for non-compliance, and agencies of enforcement.

7840 Occupational Health Management. Cr. 2. Prereq: OEH 7010, 7060 or 7075. Management aspects of occupational health: design, planning, and execution of an occupational health program, utilizing technical knowledge acquired from program courses. Preparation of a written program in the area of industrial hygiene, toxicology, or general occupational health is required.

7860 Occupational Medicine. (CM 7860) Cr. 4. Prereq: admission to the Graduate School. This course is designed for individuals developing careers in the fields of occupational and environmental medicine, industrial hygiene and safety, toxicology, epidemiology, and public health. Students will learn how a wide range of knowledge and expertise is brought together in the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of preventable diseases, discomfort, health disorders, and deaths caused or exacerbated by occupational and environmental exposures. Such exposures include those of a physical, chemical and biological origin found in the workplace, home and ambient environments of our urban community.

7870 Periodical Literature in Occupational and Environmental Health. Cr. 1. Journals, annals and other data bases available to the specialist to follow progress of the field. Students receive assignments and present reports.

7990 Directed Study. Cr. 1-4. Prereq: written consent of instructor and graduate officer prior to registration. Directed projects for students whose interests and needs are not adequately met in other scheduled classes.

7999 Master's Essay. Cr.2-4 Prereq: consent of advisor.

Prereq: Pre-requisite listed courses need to be taken first.
Coreq: Co-requisite listed courses are those that can be taken at the same time or before.