The Department offers masters and doctoral degrees with specialization in Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Work Environment. An overview course to be taken as the first or second course in the Master's program. Case studies are used to introduce students first to the hazard analysis methods, and second, to the prevention methods of each of the department's sub-disciplines. Consent of Instructor for non-industrial hygiene majors Basic properties of airborne particles, with particular regard to properties important to health. Includes basic properties of gas-borne particles, uniform particle motion, particle collection mechanisms, filtration, particle sampling, respiratory deposition, particle statistics, electrical properties, and optical properties.
Course includes lectures and laboratory.
None A survey course covering introductory topics in ergonomics and industrial hygiene. Ergonomics topics include work measurement, anthropometry, biomechanics, psychosocial stress and work reorganization, special emphasis is placed on the recognition and control of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Industrial hygiene topics will cover the identification, measurement, and control of chemical and physical hazards in the work environment including principles of air sampling and analysis, ventilation and other control technologies, and the use of personal protective equipment with special attention to respiratory and hearing protection. Anthropometric analysis, hazard analysis, systems safety, accident investigation and reconstruction. A framework for understanding environmental politics will be developed.