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HSE210 Contingency Planning & Incident Management
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HSE280
This course provides instruction on how to develop an emergency response contingency
plan for a facility or community. Students learn that the steps for emergency preparedness
include analyzing the hazards, writing and implementing the contingency plans, training
employees for an emergency, and evaluating the effectiveness of the contingency plan.
Students will develop and implement the “Incident Management System” through both
practical and theoretical case scenarios.
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HSE105 Characteristics of Hazardous Materials
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: none
This course provides instruction on learning how to recognize the physical and chemical
characteristics of hazardous materials classes and how chemicals within those classes
can harm humans and the environment.
By applying basic chemistry, students will associate chemical names with particular
health and safety hazards. Additionally, students will identify common trade names
and/or synonyms for the chemicals.
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HSE280 Hazardous Materials Health Effects
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: HSE105
This course is a review of the research done to determine the systematic health effects
of exposures to chemicals.
Topics covered include determination of risk factors, routes of entry of hazardous
materials and their effects on target organs, acute and chronic effects, and control
measures.
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HSE285 Industrial Hygiene
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HSE270
The Industrial Hygiene course will give the necessary information to the students
to allow them to establish and maintain programs, collect and analyze data to identify
problems, and develop methods and procedures to reduce or eliminate illness and incidents.
Examples of topics covered in this course include: basics of toxicology, problems
arising from skin contact or inhalation of chemicals in the workplace, the detection
and control of airborne contaminates and ventilation, injury from causes such as sound,
radiation, heat, biological agents and accidents.
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HSE110 Industrial Processes
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: none
In this course, the student is provided a non-technical introduction to common general
manufacturing processes that involve hazardous materials and wastes, with emphasis
on: waste minimization/pollution prevention (P2) strategies, waste treatment methods,
and common processes within facilities.
Each student completes a major project in which he/she investigates and reports on
a specific industry, especially its basic processes, materials flow, worker health
and safety exposures, and waste reduction issues.
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HSE225 Legal Aspects of Occupational Safety and Health
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HSE205 and HSE230
This course provides a study of legal implications of legislation as it applies to
health and safety in the workplace.
Students concentrate on regulatory, common, and administrative law; mandatory and
voluntary compliance; applicable government agencies and their roles; and OSHA regulations.
Additionally, students are introduced to the professional code of ethics of a safety
person.
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HSE100 Occupational Safety
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: none
This course provides an introduction to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's
(OSHA) regulations that pertain to protecting workers from exposure to occupational
hazards. Students concentrate on researching, interpreting, summarizing, and applying
the OSHA regulations.
Students are introduced to a proactive philosophy of company compliance with OSHA
regulations, with an emphasis on using specific approaches to providing a safe and
healthful work environment. Additionally, through activities and exercises, students
are introduced to procedures for conducting a chemical inventory, interpreting Material
Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), developing a written Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) program,
and developing an effective HAZCOM training program.
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HSE205 Air and Water Quality
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HSE200
This course provides a detailed study of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) regulations pertaining to compliance with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
and the Clean Water Act's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Students
learn to support professional personnel responsible for complying with the environmental
regulations for air emissions and wastewater, which includes reading, interpreting,
and applying sections from the Code of Federal Regulations.
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HSE270 Sampling & Monitoring Procedures
4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HSE110
This course introduces the student to a variety of sampling procedures used in industry
and emergency response. Topics to be covered include: sampling and monitoring devices,
industrial hygiene monitoring, water and waste stream monitoring, outside air sampling,
soil sampling, and radiation sampling. Emphasis will be placed on how to collect and
preserve representative samples, interpret laboratory results, and comply with relevant
federal regulations.
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HSE230 Transportation of Hazardous Materials
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: HSE100
This course provides a detailed study of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Parts 100 to 185). Through assigned readings
and activities, students study the procedures for preparing hazardous materials packages
for transport, reporting an accident, and developing a written training program for
HAZMAT employees.
The course includes problems and case studies in which the student identifies and
interprets applicable DOT hazardous materials regulations and recommends compliance
strategies. Students learn how an environmental health and safety technician may support
professional personnel responsible for compliance with the regulations for transportation
of hazardous materials. Emphasis is placed on identifying, interpreting, and applying
sections from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
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HSE200 Waste and Remediation
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: none
This course provides a study of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations
pertaining to hazardous waste management, with an emphasis on the requirements of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Students learn the steps in managing hazardous wastes from cradle to grave, which
includes reading, interpreting, and applying sections from the Code of Federal Regulations.
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