Safety Sciences
Program of Study
A Program of Study should be submitted to the graduate program advisor as soon as admission procedures are complete. An applicant must have completed a semester of business or industrial management, a semester of behavioral science (i.e. psychology or sociology), one semester of two different college level science classes with laboratory (i.e. chemistry, life science or biology), and a semester of college level algebra and statistics. Each candidate for the degree must exhibit an acceptable level of competence on a departmentally designated exit examination to be completed during the last semester of study.
Required Graduate Courses |
15 |
SAFE 5010 Organization, Administration & Supervision of Safety Programs |
3 |
SAFE 5120 Principles of Industrial Hygiene |
3 |
SAFE 5430 Occupational Hazard Management |
3 |
SAFE 5940 Current Literature & Research in Safety |
3 |
SAFE 5800 Managing Fire Risk |
3 |
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Research: |
3-6 |
| SAFE 6930 Individual Research Problems | 3 |
| OR | |
| SAFE 6950 Thesis | 6 |
Departmentally Approved Graduate Electives : |
12-15 |
| Minimum Graduate Hour Total | 33 |
For additional information about the MS Occupational Safety Management degree, contact Dr. John Zey at jzey@ucmo.edu or by phone at 660-543-4410.
