Printer FriendlyThe Department of Work Environment master's degree programs prepare students to be effective leaders and professional practitioners of occupational and environmental health and safety within a company, a government agency, a consulting firm or insurance agency, or a labor or community organization. The doctoral programs produce research scientists and policy specialists with the background and skills needed to produce new knowledge in their chosen field of specialization, in academia, governmental or private research organizations and industry.” Our graduates work at the municipal, state, national and international levels.
The Department of Work Environment offers master's and doctoral degrees in five concentrations:
- Cleaner Production/Pollution Prevention
- Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
- Epidemiology
- Ergonomics and Safety
- Work Environment Policy
The department also offers graduate certificates in the following areas:
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Identification and Control of Ergonomic Hazards
- Radiological Health Physics and General Work Environment Protection
- Job Stress and Healthy Job Redesign
- Disability Outcomes (interdisciplinary)
- Diversity in the Workplace (interdisciplinary)
- Public Health Laboratory Sciences (interdisciplinary)