Master of Science in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety - Non Thesis Option Postgraduate Programme By University of Miami |TopUniversities

Master of Science in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety - Non Thesis Option

Main Subject Area

Ethnicity, Gender and DiversityMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Ethnicity, Gender and Diversity

Study Level

Masters

This program aims to prepare engineers and occupational safety and health specialists to meet the changing demands of industry, government, and service organizations, such as insurance and utility industries. The curriculum is designed to meet both the immediate and long-term needs of these organizations in the areas of workplace and job design, safety, and accident prevention. A unique feature of the training program is the emphasis on the holistic approach for injury and disability prevention. The holistic approach involves primary prevention, application of ergonomic and safety principles to job and workplace design, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, functional restoration and quick return to gainful employment, and tertiary prevention, re-engineering of the work environment to deter re-injuries and match the workers’ residual abilities. This non-thesis program will include 33 semester credit hours of course work in the areas of ergonomics and safety and three hours of independent research project or internship in an industrial or health care related facility.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Ethnicity, Gender and Diversity

Study Level

Masters

This program aims to prepare engineers and occupational safety and health specialists to meet the changing demands of industry, government, and service organizations, such as insurance and utility industries. The curriculum is designed to meet both the immediate and long-term needs of these organizations in the areas of workplace and job design, safety, and accident prevention. A unique feature of the training program is the emphasis on the holistic approach for injury and disability prevention. The holistic approach involves primary prevention, application of ergonomic and safety principles to job and workplace design, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, functional restoration and quick return to gainful employment, and tertiary prevention, re-engineering of the work environment to deter re-injuries and match the workers’ residual abilities. This non-thesis program will include 33 semester credit hours of course work in the areas of ergonomics and safety and three hours of independent research project or internship in an industrial or health care related facility.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
Other English Language Requirement: TOEFL (paper-based) score of 550.

Jan-2000

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