Occupational Health and Safety Masters Program

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Occupational Health and Safety Masters Program

• Mala L. (Don) Beard, PhD, CIH
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Department of Engineering Technology and
  Industrial Studies

http//mtsu32.mtsu.edu11135/
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• Established 1911
• First Graduating Class 1914
• A TN Board of Reagents University
• 7 Colleges
• 9 Chairs of Excellence
• 22,000 undergraduate students. It is the
  fastest growing of Tennessee 4 year Universities

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Department of Engineering Technology Industrial
Studies

• Academically located in the College of Basic and
  Applied Sciences
• Vocational Arts (Later ETIS present as a
  department from the beginning)
• 16 Faculty Members
• 7 staff members
• Physically Located in Vooheries Industrial
  Studies Bldg and Midgett Business Building

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Department of Engineering Technology Industrial
Studies

• Undergraduate concentrations include
• Engineering Technology
• Computer Engineering Technology
• Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Manufacturing Engineering Technology
• Concrete Industry Management
• Construction management Technology

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Department of Engineering Technology Industrial
Studies

• Undergraduate concentrations include
• Environmental Science and Technology
• Energy Resource Management
• Environmental Health and Safety
• Waste Management
• Environmental Planning
• Site Analysis
• Water Resources

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Requirements for Admission to MTSUs OHS Program
within ETIS

• Bachelors Degree from an Accredited College or
  University
• Completion of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
• No absolute GRE score but is used in conjunction
  with undergraduate Grade and the grades of any
  preliminary graduate course grades

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Occupational Health and Safety Concentration

• Both Thesis (Plan A) or Non-thesis Options (Plan
  B)
• Thesis options requires the completion of 24
  semester hours and a 6 hour credit thesis
  approved by students committee and the Department
  of Graduate Studies
• Non-thesis requires the completion of 36 hours.
  For both plans 18 hrs must be in the major.
  Student can elect to complete a minor of 12 hours
  in certain programs.

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Requirements

• For Plan A (thesis) 21 of the 30 course hours
  must be at the 6,000 level.
• For Plan B (non-thesis) 26 of the 36 course hours
  must be at the 6,000 level
• Either plan can include a cognate of 6 semester
  hours in management and marketing, computer
  science, economics, psychology or
  vocational-technical education.

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Graduation Requirements

• Maintain a 3.0 (B) Average
• Complete and Pass a Comprehensive Written and
  Oral Defense of Exam and Thesis (Plan A) prepared
  by a Faculty Committee of 3.
• Complete either as an undergrad or graduate
  student an approved research tool to include at
  least one course in statistics with a grade of C
  or better. Other research tool course include
  foreign languages, computer programming or
  computer applications courses.

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Occupation Health and Safety Concentration

• Night Time Program (Earliest scheduled class is
  industrial hygiene from 430-730 once per week.
• Most other Classes are 6-9 pm
• 15 week semester
• Approximate 2/3 to ¾ of program students are part
  time students working full time.

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Major Professor

• Public Health Professional of 30 years of
  Experience
• Certified Industrial Hygienist
• BS Animal Science University of TN- 69
• Masters in Public Health U of Oklahoma-74
• Ph.D. Environmental Health (Conc. I.H.)-94)

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Personal Philosophy of Teaching Occupational
Health and Safety

• Safety is an applied discipline and academic
  courses can only take you part of the way to the
  goal of being an SHE professional.
• Life long learning on the job, professional
  organizations, short courses, professional
  conferences and professional interaction must be
  practiced as well.

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Personal Philosophy of Teaching Occupational
Health and Safety

• Courses will include regular tests usually a
  combination of short answer, multiple choice,
  matching, discussion, calculations (IH) and
  discussion.
• Take home discussion question exams
• Most Courses will involve writing such as a
  technical paper, term paper, safety program
  chapter, Company OEL justification etc.
• An oral presentation (PowerPoint) on an assigned
  topic is a usual requirement.

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Personal Philosophy of Teaching Occupational
Health and Safety

• The Occupation Health and Safety Program at MTSU
  must be a generalist program. It is not designed
  to be either a pure Safety or Industrial Hygiene
  program but is a blend of both with a minor
  amount of Environmental considerations.

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MTSU Occupational Health and Safety and Industry
Interactions

• In order to force more real world experience
  into our courses there is usually one industry
  component to each course.
• Safety Hazard Assessments, JSA or JHAs,
  Industrial Hygiene Assessments and Sampling,
  producing with policies on various topic are
  typical assignments

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Industries that have Assisted with Student
projects

• Saturn Corp.
• Bridgestone-Firestone
• Calsonic
• Eaton
• Paulo
• Goodrich Landing Gear Co
• Numerous others independent studies by
  student/employees

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Courses in OHS - Major

• Safety Planning (ETIS 6010) The human Side of
  Safety includes discussion into history of safety
  movement, accident causation theory, safety
  motivation techniques, Worker Comp, EAP Programs,
  Accident Investigation Reporting, ADA, FMLA,
  Workplace Violence Programs, Safety Committees,
  Worker Stress Psychology Human Resource
  Management, Environmental and Quality Management
  Programs related to safety ISO 9000, ISO14,000,
  OHSA 18,000, Training Methods and Techniques

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Courses in Occupational Health and Safety Major

• Safety Technology Engineering (ETIS 6020) More
  Technical Areas
• Topics Risk Analysis, Data and Information
  Sources, OSHA programs
• Machine Guarding, LOTO, Machine Guarding,
  Electrical Safety, Fire Prevent and Control,
  Waling Working Surface Hazards, Fall Protection
  Hazards, PPE, Haz. Comm., Chemical Hygiene and
  Process Safety Management, Metal Working Hazards
• Transportation Safety
• Excavation and Trenching
• Course is my advanced version of
• OSHA 501 course OSHA 30 hour card

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Courses in OHS - Major

• Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (ETIS
  6040)
• A projects based Course that has three
  components
• Environmental Assessment either ISO 14,000 or
  Phase I Site Assessment Exercise
• Indoor Air Quality Assessment (CO2, CO, Mold,
  Humidity)
• Ventilation System Assessment (Exhaust
  Ventilation and General Dilution Ventilation
  measurement and written assessment.

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Courses in OHS - Major

• Industry Hygiene ET-4540/5450 History of IH,
  Respiratory System, Occupational Disease,
  Sampling Gases, Vapors and Particulates,
  Calculations,
• Noise Assessment, Hearing Conservation, and Noise
  Control
• Heat Stress, Non-Ionizing Radiation, Laser Safety
• Incorporates 3 sampling Lab experiences.

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Courses in OHS - Major

• ETIS 6070 Anthropometric Factors in Accident
  Prevention An introduction to ergonomic factors
  in injury and accident prevention

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Courses in OHS - Major

• Air, Noise and Hazardous Waste (EST-4780/4780)
• Course examine Air Pollution, Environmental Noise
  and Hazardous Materials Response and Incorporates
  a 24 hour Hazardous Materials Response Course
  into the course. A separate certificate is give
  for the 24 hour HazMat Response portion of the
  Course.

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Courses in OHS - Major

• Industrial Safety ET 4420/5420 Required of all
  departmental majors. Basic OSHA Programs Text is
  Safety for Supervisors
• Fire Safety ET 4440/5440 Fire Hazards,
  Prevention Techniques and Systems , Fire
  Prevention and Inspection techniques.

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Courses in OHS - Major

• Thesis Research (ETIS 6640)
• Methods of Research (ETIS 6620)
• Independent Study Courses
• ETIS 6510/6520 Problems in Industrial Studies
• ETIS 6910/6920 Problems in Engineering Technology

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Summary

• Strong Points of The MTSU OHS Program
• Easy Commuting Distance from majority of Middle
  Tennessee
• Night program geared toward the part-time student
• A Generalist Program that provides entry level
  experience and training in Occupational Health
  and Safety. Teaches information gather techniques
  and OSH program building techniques and sources
• Program Flexibility to tailor the program to
  interest of the student