OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Prepare yourself to enter exciting career opportunities as safety and health professionals or as health and fitness professionals with a degree in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). Manage health and safety risks in a work environment through the development of safe work policies, or pursue graduate work in industrial hygiene, safety, or health-related areas such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, or cardiac rehabilitation. The OSH professional may work wherever health or safety hazards or concerns exist.
Degrees, Options, and Specializations
The SHIH Department has two undergraduate degree programs: (1) B.S. in Occupational Safety and Health; and (2) B.S. in Occupational Safety and Health -- Applied Health Science option. The Department has two graduate programs accredited by the Applied Science Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. These are: (1) M.S. in Industrial Hygiene and (2) M.S. in Industrial Hygiene Distance Learning-Industrial Hygiene Professional Track.
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Placement & Careers
Montana Tech Safety, Health & Industrial Health graduates enjoy a placement rate of 95-100% with very competitive starting salaries.
Recognition
The quality of the Department's programs has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) through annual training grants for scholarships, student travel, and faculty development.
Faculty
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Student Working in the Field
Student Spotlight
Another student and I started a program called Reintegrating Youthful Offenders at the maximum federal juvenile detention center. We teach health education and do one-on-one exercise programs… It’s clear they enjoy us coming out there and working out with them.
-Chris Tacke, Occupational Safety and Health, Applied Health Science
