The program is appropriate for students with scientific or technical backgrounds from industry, business, education and government seeking professional growth or a possible career change. Through advisement, students may prepare for positions in occupational and industrial loss control or Safety Education. Instructional efforts are directed at merging theory with realistic, practical experiences that develop the student's ability to work effectively in their professional setting. The risk control faculty has a wide variety of both theoretical and practical experience. The primary function of the faculty is teaching, which makes them accessible to students for academic and personal consultation.
Class sizes are limited.
In addition, Stout's process engineering and manufacturing labs provide a microcosm of the industrial workplace. Continuous efforts are made to keep pace with changing technologies. Employment Opportunities Risk control graduates get jobs. In fact, the opportunity and demand for them is greater than the number of graduates each semester. Opportunities exist nationwide in broad areas of industry ranging from paper and wood products, food processing and metal fabrication to the health care industry and the high technology field of semiconductor manufacturing.