Graduate Education in Occupational Hygiene

描述（由申请人提供）：南卡罗来纳大学的abet认证工业卫生专业成立于1974年，坚定地致力于工业卫生和相关领域的硕士和博士学位的教育。工业卫生方案的目标是通过培训工业卫生专业人员来改善职业环境的质量；开展与职业有关的疾病和伤害的起因和预防的相关研究；通过对工作环境的评估；并直接服务于工人、雇主、职业卫生专业人员和社区。我们的主要教育目标是为学生提供工业卫生基础的坚实基础-预测，识别，评估和控制职业环境中的危害。这一目标是通过使用多学科教师和广泛的培训方法来实现的。这是南卡罗来纳州唯一的工业卫生项目；开设“危险物质管理”、“环境科学与毒理学分子技术”等课程，在全国独树一帜，东南地区罕见。该计划提供公共卫生硕士（MPH），公共卫生理学硕士（MSPH）和哲学博士（PhD）学位。该计划设在阿诺德公共卫生学院，为研究和教育提供了丰富的多学科环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of South Carolina's ABET-accredited Industrial Hygiene Program, founded in 1974, is firmly committed to the education of students in industrial hygiene and related fields at the Masters and Doctoral levels. The goal of the Industrial Hygiene Program is to improve the quality of the occupational environment by training professionals in industrial hygiene; by conducting relevant research on the causes and prevention of diseases and injuries related to occupation; by the evaluation of the work environment; and by direct service to workers, employers, occupational health professionals, and the community. Our principal educational objective is to provide our students with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of industrial hygiene - anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of hazards in the occupational environment. This objective is achieved by use of a multidisciplinary faculty and a wide range of training methods. It is the only industrial hygiene program in South Carolina; and it features courses, such as "Hazardous Materials Management" and "Molecular Techniques in Environmental Science and Toxicology", which are unique within the state and rare in the southeast. The program offers the Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. The program is set within the Arnold School of Public Health which provides a rich, multidisciplinary environment for research and education.