Major Code BS3309

College of Health Sciences and Professions 
Social and Public Health 
Grover Center W324
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.4675
Fax: 740.593.0555
www.ohio.edu/chsp/sph

Tim Ryan, contact person

Program Overview

As an industrial hygiene major, you’ll learn to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace environmental factors that may affect the health, comfort, and productivity of the worker. The program also introduces you to policy issues critical to worker health and safety. With new technologies emerging every day, the industrial hygienist’s job function grows increasingly valuable to the health and well being of workers, the community, and the environment.
 

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Change of Program Policy

No selective or limited admission requirements.

External Transfer Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.
 

Opportunities Upon Graduation

Career opportunities in industrial hygiene, and the inseparable field of safety are diverse and many. Graduates of the industrial hygiene program work in industry, research laboratories, corporations, insurance companies, and governmental agencies. Some find employment in health care settings, including hospitals, laboratories, or universities. Still more options exist for you in the field of education or with public utilities, natural resource departments, consulting firms, and hazardous waste companies. OU graduates typically begin their IH careers as technical specialists at one of a diverse group of employers. These may include a manufacturing or industrial company, governmental agency, consulting firm, or health care or educational institution. Historically, the job market has allowed many Ohio University graduates to advance to managerial positions, and ultimately on to senior administrative duties (subject to individual graduate skills and capabilities).
 

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