Athens State Graduates

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSM)

The objective of the Occupational Health and Safety Management program is to provide a hands-on, practical and applied Bachelor of Science degree. The major is designed to assure the development of competencies that enable innovative approaches in the establishment and direction of comprehensive occupational health and safety management programs in educational, governmental and private business and industrial enterprises. The curriculum emphasizes compliance with regulations and standards, hazardous materials and waste, workplace design, workplace security, fleet safety, fire abatement, emergency preparedness, incident investigation, workplace training, cost containment, environmental permitting, sustainability and improving workplace conditions that impact an employee’s well-being and safety management. In addition, this major provides an academic framework for future graduate study. The Occupational Health and Safety Management degree encompasses the traditional business curriculum which includes coursework in accounting, finance, management, marketing, management information systems, global business, strategic management, and production theories/concepts.