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This major prepares students for a variety of occupational safety and health program management positions in the private and public sector. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, hazard identification and prioritization, problem solving, cost effectiveness, professional skills in programmatic management, and safety and environmental regulatory compliance. Graduates will have the capacity to pursue graduate study, participate in applied research, or transition directly into careers in loss control, risk management, organizational safety, and consulting.
INTEGRATIVE STUDIES REQUIREMENTS
44 credits minimum
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
48 credits
Core Courses
20 credits
- SAFE 101 Safety Awareness
- SAFE 202 Occupational Safety
- SAFE 302 Law and Ethics in Safety
- SAFE 303 Safety and Health Standards
- SAFE 305 Health Hazard Identification
Safety Electives
16 credits
- Select four of the following (two must be 300 level or above):
- SAFE 203 Fire and HAZMAT Response
- SAFE 204 Human Factors in Safety
- SAFE 205 Behavioral Based Safety
- SAFE 290 Special Topics in Safety
- SAFE 301 Loss Prevention
- SAFE 304 Environmental Regulation (IDSS)
- SAFE 401 Industrial Hygiene
- SAFE 402 Critical Incident Response
- SAFE 490 Adv Special Topics in Safety
- SAFE 495 Safety Seminar
ALLIED REQUIREMENTS
12 credits
- MGT 101 Intro to Management
- MGT 324 Human Resource Management
(Strongly recommended, but not required.)
- INCHEM 103 Fundamentals of Chemistry
SAFETY CAPSTONE
4 credits
- SAFE 497 Innovative Safety Leadership
HONORS PROGRAM
4-8 credits
(Selective enrollment; see below for requirements.)
- SAFE 491 Honors Research (Can be used as Safety Electives.)
INTERNSHIPS
(Highly recommended.)
- SAFE 200 Safety Internship 2-8 credits (Open Elective Credit only.)
- SAFE 400 Adv Safety Internship 2-8 credits (Open Elective Credit only.)
OPEN ELECTIVES
Select additional courses of your choice to bring total number of credits earned to 124.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
124 credits
Safety Honors Program
Motivated Safety students can participate in an advanced program of research through independent study projects and internship experiences. This program recognizes and formalizes outstanding academic achievement, culminating with graduation with Honors in Safety. This program allows students to pursue supervised research or applications of safety in greater depth than provided in principal course offerings during their final years as an undergraduate at Keene State College. Students electing to participate in this program complete all requirements for the Safety major plus 4 credits of SAFE 401 Industrial Hygiene and 8 credits of SAFE 491 Honors Research during the two semesters of the senior year. These credits may be in lieu of, or in addition to, elective credits used to fulfill the requirements for the Safety major.
Admission to the Safety Honors Program is based on:
- Self-nomination after completion of 75 credits, consistent with the RHO SIGMA KAPPA National Safety Honor Society requirements, students will hold an overall grade point average of 3.0 and a grade point average in the Safety Studies major of 3.4 or better.
- Support of an Honors Committee consisting of three full-time tenure-track Safety faculty selected by the Safety Faculty. Students accepted into the Safety Honors Program will participate in research projects funded by external grants. Honors Program capacity may fluctuate due to availability of research project positions. To maintain program capacity, final selection will be based on students with the highest overall GPA at the time of application to the program.
- Completion of, or enrollment in, all SAFE Core Courses. Final admission requires successful completion of those Safety courses enrolled in at the time of application for admission to the Honors Program.
At the end of the senior year, each participant:
- Submits a final written report (or publication-ready document) on the Honors work for approval by his or her Honors Committee.
- Presents the results of his or her work and responds to questions about the project and its relationship to the safety profession.
- The student’s Honors Committee votes on whether or not to accept the Honors project.
Students are encouraged to apply for applicable undergraduate research grant funding.
Students successfully completing all facets of the Honors Program and having an average of 3.00 overall and 3.40 in Safety Studies will graduate with Honors in Safety.
Students in the Honors Program may also apply for 500-level course offerings, upon approval of the Safety Studies faculty.
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