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OSH Undergraduate Programs
Occupational Safety and Health Degree (OSH) The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) degree is designed for the science-oriented student who likes to work with people, and who is concerned about employee safety and health. The OSH professional may work wherever health or safety hazards exist. Past graduates work for a diversity of employers, including manufacturing, mining, construction and utility industries, government bodies, insurance companies and consulting firms. Opportunities for graduate study are also excellent. At the graduate level, the OSH student usually specializes in either industrial hygiene or industrial safety related areas. The OSH graduate is educated to recognize, evaluate and control workplace hazards. As such, this person is a valuable asset to the employer because the OSH professional helps prevent lost working time caused by either workplace health hazards or traumatic events. Present-day managers realize that good worker health is vital to their operations. Also, OSH professionals understand safety and health regulations and therefore often assist their employers in complying with government regulations. The Montana Tech OSH program is interdisciplinary and gives the student a background in the sciences and pertinent engineering areas. Emphasis is placed on hands-on work in the laboratory and/or relating the subject matter to real world situations. The quality of the program has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health through annual training grants for equipment and scholarships. Opportunities exist for Internship appointments in government and industry. Scholarships are available to department majors on a competitive basis. APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCE (AHS) OPTION The AHS degree option within the Occupational Safety and Health degree program is designed for the science-oriented student who wishes to work with people, and who is concerned about their health and physical well being. The AHS student will be trained to appraise an individual’s life-style, health habits, and fitness level. The student will learn how to complete a personal fitness assessment and utilize the information gathered to recommend a personalized fitness program that will help the participant improve or maintain their overall health and their physical working capacity. The AHS option is able to take full advantage of many of the other college departments and provides the student, through the Internship Office, with actual on-the-job training. Upon graduation the AHS student major is qualified to accept a job in a private health club, corporation, hospital, YMCA, or educational institution where they will perform health related fitness testing, and prescribe an individualized exercise program that will allow an individual to maintain or improve his/her fitness level. The graduate is able to help the participant maintain an active lifestyle well into his/her senior years, thereby improving the overall quality of his/her life. Furthermore, since the AHS program is a degree option under the Occupational Safety and Health degree program, the AHS graduate will be able to assist a corporate employer with worker safety and health programs. The AHS graduate will also be qualified for immediate enrollment in a variety of graduate programs dealing with industrial hygiene or other applied health fields. The majority of our graduates attend graduate school, pursuing a variety of master’s degrees. They have pursued and graduated from physical therapy, physicians assistant, cardiac rehabilitation, industrial hygiene, and other health science programs. Additional information:
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