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Bachelor of Science in
Technical Management – Specializations

Occupational Safety and Health Specialty

Creating and maintaining a safe work environment and protecting workers from hazards has become a critical issue in nearly every industry. The Occupational Safety and Health Specialty was developed to prepare students for supervisory or management positions relating to occupational safety and health in environmental compliance, ergonomics, industrial hygiene and toxicology, construction, fire protection and systems design. This program is geared toward students who are seeking new opportunities in the public or private sector such as service or manufacturing industries, local, state, or federal agencies, and the military.

To earn the Technical Management degree with an Occupational Safety & Health Specialty, degree-seeking students must complete the electives, as listed in the catalog, and satisfy the Occupational Safety and Health Specialty requirements as listed below.

Requirements:

Course:

Title:

Credits:

SFTY 311

Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health

3

SFTY 315

Environmental Compliance and Safety

3

SFTY 321

Ergonomics

3

SFTY 355

Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

3

SFTY 360

Construction Safety

3

SFTY 365

Fire Protection

3

SFTY 410

Design of Engineering Hazard Controls
-OR-

SFTY 420

Systems Design for Fire and Life Safety

3

Occupational Safety and Health Specialty

21 

General Education*:

Communication Theory and Skills:

 

ENGL 123 English Composition

3

Speech/English

6

Humanities/Social Sciences* 
Humanities lower or upper-level elective
Social Science lower or upper-level elective-
History/Government/

3

Social Science/Psychology
*(One course must be an upper level
   Humanities or Social Science elective)

3

Physical and Life Science lower-level elective:  
Physics/Biology/Meterology

6

Mathematics:  
MATH 111 & MATH 112, -OR-
MATH 140 & MATH 142, MATH 320*
*MATH 320 may be substituted as the second course
in the series.




6

Computer Science:
CSCI 109    Introductions to Computer and Application

3

Economics:  

ECON 210 Microeconomics

3

ECON 211 Macroeconomics

3

Total Credits

36

Program Support:

Course:

Title:

Credits:

AMGT 202 Aeronautical Science for Management

3

MATH 211
-OR-
MATH 222

Statistics with Aviation Applications

Business Statistics

3

MGMT 201

Principles of Management

3 

MGMT 210

Financial Accounting

3

MGMT 221 Advanced Computer Based Systems

3

Total Credits:

15 

Business Core:

Course:

Title:

Credits:

MGMT 311

Marketing

3

MGMT 312

Managerial Accounting

3

MGMT 314

Human Resource Management

3

MGMT 317

Organizational Behavior

3

MGMT 320

Business Information Systems

3

MGMT 325

Social Responsibility and Ethics in Management

3

MGMT 335

International Business

3

MGMT 371 Leadership

3

MGMT 390

Business Law

3

MGMT 436

Strategic Management

3

Total Credits:

30 


Occupational Safety and Health Support:

Course:

Title:

Credits:

SFTY 341

Occupational Safety and Health Program Management 

3

SFTY 440

System Safety Management

3

SFTY 450

Loss Control and Insurance

3

SFTY 470

Advanced Occupational Safety and Health Technology

3

Total Credits:

12 



 

Open Electives:

6 

 

Total Degree Requirements:

120

*Embry-Riddle courses in the general education categories of Communication Theory and Skills, and Humanities and Social Sciences may be chosen from those listed above, assuming prerequisite requirements are met. Courses from other institutions are acceptable if they fall into these broad categories and are at the level specified.

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