Science of Occupational Health, Safety and the Environment – (M.Sc.)

Contents

The MSc is offered on a full-time (1 year) and part-time (2 year) basis. The Postgraduate Diploma is only available part time. In the Full time MSc, both of the following elements are taken concurrently.

Part time MSc Year 1: taught elements (described below) - a mixture of block and day release

Part time MSc Year 2: research elements

The part time Postgraduate Diploma follows the same syllabus as the PT MSc Year 1.

What you will learn
In the first year all students follow a compulsory Core Module. Students then have a choice of three modules from a selection of five. (Please note that the availability of individual option modules will depend upon student numbers).

* Core module
* Chemical and Biological Incident Management
* Environmental Noise
* Occupational Health and Hygiene
* Risk and Safety Management
* Safety Technology

Research Methodology Module:
This module will provide students with the underpinning skills necessary for them to successfully undertake an MSc research dissertation. It will provide students with an understanding of processes needed to plan, implement and evaluate a research based study. In particular there will be sessions looking at hypothesis generation, survey design, sampling strategies, questionnaire design, computing skills for research, literature searching and an introduction to some basic statistical techniques. During the module students will be expected to formulate their project ideas and to write their research protocols. These will then be presented at the end of the module.

Project:
An in-depth piece of project work which is supported by appropriate research and has practical application will be submitted in the form of a 10,000 - 15,000 word dissertation. Projects can take the form of laboratory based or field-work type research.