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Fundamentals of Workplace Health & Safety
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Provide solutions: Recognize evidence-based and methodical approaches to provide technical solutions and monitor organizational compliance. Â
- Communicate effectively: Apply communication and training skills to transfer workplace health and safety knowledge to others. Â
- Create reports: Assemble basic reports on workplace health and safety performance trends to promote and support organizational change.Â
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, ENHS 310)Â Â
- (3 Credits, ENHS 315)Â Â
- (3 Credits, ENHS 320)Â Â
- (3 Credits, ENHS 325)Â Â
- (3 Credits, ENHS 335)Â Â
- (3 Credits, ENHS 400)Â
Career Preparation
This online certificate program is designed for working professionals who are looking to stand out in the marketplace. The skills you learn in this program are universal and could help assist you in the public sector, the private sector, and the non-profit sector.Â
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $324 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Environmental Health & Safety
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Recommend solutions: Use information-gathering skills and professional judgment to recommend solutions for technical or scientific problems in environmental health and safety
- Evaluate processes: Apply cognitive and technical skills to anticipate, recognize, and critically evaluate hazards and risk factors
- Follow the evidence: Select effective control methods to generate practical evidence-based solutions while following legislative and industry standards
- Adapt to change: Develop strategies for ongoing professional development and informing evidence-based practice in a continually changing global environment
- Advise on strategy: Model a range of written and oral communication formats to explain technical information and concepts to various audiences
- Practice leadership skills: Choose collaborative and ethical practices to build the relationships necessary to address contemporary environmental health and safety issues
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, ENHS 300)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 305)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 310)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 315)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 320)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 325)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 330)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 335)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 340)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 400)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 405)
- (3 Credits, ENHS 495)
Related Required Courses
The following required courses may be applied to general education requirements:
- (3 Credits, CHEM 297)
- (3 Credits, MATH 115) or a more advanced MATH course
Career Preparation
This online environmental health and safety degree is designed to help prepare you for a career in environmental or occupational safety. Potential job titles include occupational health and safety specialist, environmental health and safety coordinator, safety compliance officer, risk management safety analyst, and field/site safety representative.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $324 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Environmental Management
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Apply knowledge: Apply multidisciplinary knowledge to formulate holistic, ethical, and viable solutions to environmental issues. Â
- Think critically: Apply critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities to anticipate, identify, and evaluate resource and pollution issues.Â
- Plan effectively: Devise a professional development plan to maintain or develop the knowledge necessary to address rapidly evolving environmental challenges. Â
- Communicate clearly: Communicate with audiences clearly and in culturally competent ways in a variety of contexts. Â
- Network with teams: Utilize teamwork, leadership, and ethical reasoning skills to address contemporary environmental issues and the impact of solutions through an environmental justice lens. Â
- Embrace change: Evaluate possible change-management strategies needed for a more sustainable future.Â
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 36 credits. Take the following courses in the order listed:Â
Initial RequirementÂ
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)Â
This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.Â
Core CoursesÂ
- (3 Credits, ENVM 600)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 610)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 615)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 641)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 643)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 647)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 649)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 650)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 651)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 652)Â
- (3 Credits, ENVM 653)Â
Capstone CourseÂ
- (3 Credits, ENVM 670)
Career Preparation
This environmental management degree program is designed to help prepare you for high-level roles in government agencies; industrial, commercial, non-profit, non-governmental, and military organizations; and more. At UMGC, you can progress at your own pace, network with your peers, and learn from instructors and industry leaders who currently work in the field. Our graduates may pursue careers in environment and safety analysis, sustainability management, environmental policy analysis, environmental science, climate change, and more.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
You don't need to have majored in any specific area to be successful in the environmental management master's degree at UMGC. However, we do recommend that you have successfully completed at least one undergraduate course in chemistry and one in biology. Environmental education history (such as environmental science, environmental policy, or other environmental studies experience) or prior professional experience is also helpful. Strong writing skills are also encouraged in this program.
Total Program Credits
36
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
Tuition Per Credit
- $534 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.