• Graduates of the Master of Science program in Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center will be professional practitioners who apply scientific knowledge to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental hazards or stresses affecting human health.? Competencies demonstrated by graduates will include the ability:
    • To identify overt and potential health hazards in the workplace and to apply analytical skills in the evaluation of those health risks;
    • To effect control of workplace hazards through application of engineering, administrative, or personal protective procedures;
    • To educate workers and management concerning occupational hazards and the prevention of occupational health problems;
    • To apply knowledge of the regulations of various agencies having occupational health and safety functions;
    • To function on multidisciplinary teams to protect and enhance worker health.