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Graduate Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health at University of Utah

University of Utah, United States

Programme overview

Learn the elements of a "safe" workplace and how to apply them to any working environment. OSH is the field of workplace accidents, illnesses, and injury prevention: students complete courses in areas like risk assessment and management, hazard recognition, health exposure, ergonomics and human factors, and injury prevention.

Faculty: S. F. E. School of Medicine  |  Duration: 18 credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Salt Lake City, UT, United States

What you will study

The programme is 18 credit hours.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students in the Graduate Certificate of Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) program will typically have completed a baccalaureate and are seeking to develop additional competency in OSH. Many of these students will already have jobs with OSH responsibilities and will be seeking improved knowledge and skills to better perform or advance in their careers. Some of the COSH students will likely continue to masters or doctoral studies in OSH. Besides those students working in industrial hygiene, ergonomics or related fields, the COSH will be of interest and value to physicians and nurses working in occupational health. This certification (COSH) meets the academic requirements for physicians working in OSH who seek board certification in Preventive Medicine in the specialty of Occupational Medicine through the American Board of Preventive Medicine's complementary pathway. Typical COSH...

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Duration: 18 credit hours

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utah.edu/admissions/

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