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Program Mission:
The Safety Technology program is committed to providing a
broad range of Safety Technology skills designed to meet
student aspirations and the needs of the business
community. This program endeavors to help students
attain their highest educational goals and to
provide them a firm foundation in Safety Technology
practices and a firm value based foundation for
lifelong learning and a career in Safety Technology
Program Objectives:
The Associate Degree in
Safety Technology has the following educational objectives:
- Anticipate, identify, and evaluate hazardous
conditions and practices in the workplace and
formulate hazard control designs, methods,
procedures, and programs.
- Solve safety-related problems using
mathematics, chemistry and life sciences, or
management techniques.
- Use the techniques, skills, and modern
scientific and technical tools necessary for
professional practice.
Professional Occupations:
The
safety professional has the responsibility for
studying materials, structures, codes and operations
to find the best way to use the resources to control
hazards, and those things that lead to accidents,
illness, fires, explosions.
The Safety Technology program
prepares its students for technical and management
oriented positions in
The students are prepared for
positions as
Program Faculty:
Curriculum Overview:
The Objectives of the Associate Degree in
Safety Technology are achieved through a curriculum made up of courses in the following four areas:
| General Courses |
ENGL101 English
Composition I
ENGL102 English Composition II
IAS111 Belief and
its Consequences
IAS201 Objective
Writing
MATH121 Introduction to Applied Calculus |
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| Basic Courses |
ST101
Introduction to Safety Technology
ST102 Industrial Safety
Standards
ST103 Accident
Investigation and Analysis
ST199 Summer Internship
ST201 Safety Management
ST202 Fire Protection
Technology
ST203 Hazardous Materials
ST204 Construction Safety
ST205 Industrial Hygiene
ST206 Regulations and
Legal Aspects of Safety
ST207 Human Factor in
Safety
ST208 Safety Training
Methods
ST209 Emergency
Management
ST210 Safety Technology
Project
BIOL133 Biology for Engineers
CHEM133 Chemistry for Engineers |
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Safety Technology Summer
Internship |
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This is a summer internship experience
for Safety Technology students. Under the
instructor’s supervision, each student
must participate in a structured period
of eight weeks in the Safety Technology section
in a selected economic organization. The
course is designed to provide each
student with the necessary education,
technical, and people skills to be
successful in an Safety Technology position.
The student must write a report about
his summer internship. |
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