Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health

Aims and Characteristics

Programme Aims

This programme is designed to respond to the increasing demand for local environmental and occupational safety and health legislation on the work environments of organisations and to the demand for graduates who have the skills necessary to work in these focused professional areas. This application-oriented programme aims to provide additional full-time training opportunities to allow Higher Diploma/Associate Degree graduates to gain a full degree qualification and to equip graduates with skills that they can further develop in careers as professionals in the areas of environmental and occupational safety and health.

Characteristics

This programme is the only undergraduate degree programme in safety and health for the construction industry offered by a local university. The programme content can be broadly divided into two areas: environmental protection and occupational safety and health. These interrelated areas are given equal weighting so that graduates are equipped with sufficient knowledge to tackle both environmental and occupational health and safety problems and to develop and implement appropriate systems or preventive measures. The programme is hosted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with the support of the Industrial Centre and other units in the University. PolyU has extensive experience in the teaching and research in the areas of environmental and occupational health and safety.