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Curriculum in Occupational Safety, Health, and Environment
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

 


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
MATH 161G College Algebra 3 
††OSHE 111 Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health,
and Environment		 3
††OSHE 112 Design of Hazard Controls 3
GBIO 151G General Biology I 3
BIOL 152 General Biology Laboratory I 1
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
MATH 162G Plane Trigonometry 3
CMPS 173 Software for Management of Data 3
††OSHE 121 Safety and Health Program Management
and Administration		 3
††OSHE 141 Principles of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
CHEM 101G General Chemistry I 3
CLAB 103 General Chemistry Laboratory I 1
MATH 241 Elementary Statistics 3
PSYC 101G General Psychology I 3
††OSHE 251 Environmental Laws and Regulations                3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
PHYS 191 General Physics 3
PLAB 193 General Physics Laboratory 1
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3
††OSHE 231 Safety Laws, Regulations, and Standards          3
††OSHE 242 Ergonomics 3
††OSHE 261 Fire Protection and Prevention 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
CHEM 102G General Chemistry II 3
CLAB 104 General Chemistry Laboratory II 1
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 3
ZOO 250 and
ZOOL 252		 Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture I
Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I		 4
††OSHE 381 Safety in Chemical and Process Industries         3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 14

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
CHEM 261 Survey of Organic Chemistry 3
HIST 101 or
HIST 102 or
HIST 201 or
HIST 202G		 Western Civilization to 1500
Western Civilization since 1500
American History to 1877
American History since 1877 		 3
ECON 201G Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics) 3
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3
††OSHE 341 Field Methods of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††OSHE 424 System Safety Methodologies                             3
††OSHE 452 Principles of Radiation Safety 3
MGMT 351 Principles of Management 3
Arts
Elective1,G		   3
††Professional
Elective2		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††OSHE 382 Construction Safety 3
††OSHE 421 Measurement of Safety Performance and Accident
Investigation and Analysis		 3
††OSHE 391 or
OSHE 492		 Internship
Capstone		 3
††Professional
Elective2		   3
††Professional
Elective2		   2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 14

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of professional electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††A "C" or better (2.0 minimum GPA) must be earned in all major courses and professional electives.
1Social/Behavioral Sciences course must be selected by students in consultation with their advisors.
2Professional electives must be selected by students in consultation with their advisors.