- Location: University College Cork , Western Road, Cork, Ireland
- Duration: 18 Years
Course details
The MSc in Occupational Health is an integrated course in occupational safety, health and welfare.
This part-time course runs over 18 months and will be delivered through interactive online sessions and webinars which may require a minimum of 10 hours of weekly engagement from the student. The programme integrates occupational health and safety into a multidisciplinary perspective and is ideal for those who want to study with maximum flexibility of time or in the comfort of their home This multidisciplinary approach to occupational health includes public health, occupational medicine and hygiene, psychology, law, risk assessment and management, training and development, ergonomics and epidemiology. The course is suitable for inpiduals already working in occupational safety and health, or other inpiduals with a strong interest in occupational health and a primary degree in a cognate area.
Course Details
The course consists of three elements, formal course work, self-directed learning using cases studies, and project work leading to a thesis.
This part-time online MSc programme in Occupational Health is designed to integrate
- Safety Sciences
- Biomedical
- Epidemiological
- Public Health
- Ergonomics
- And Psychological approaches to occupational health
The programme will cover key competencies in:
- Health and safety management
- Information retrieval and summary
- Research methods
- Critical appraisal of publications
- Disease prevention and health protection
- Workplace health promotion
- Training and development with application to occupational health and safety
- Development and interpersonal skills in occupational settings
- Legal aspects of health and safety
- Risk assessment
- Global and environmental aspects of occupational health and safety
- Self-directed learning skills
- Critical thinking skills
Special emphasis will be given to psychosocial factors at work as they are becoming increasingly important in modern work life, such as job stress, organisational problems, poor communications, and workplace violence and bullying.
Students take taught modules to the value of 60 credits and complete a research dissertation to the value of 30 credits.
Students take a total of 90 credits: 75 credits from core modules and then students can choose 15 credits from the elective modules.
The core modules for this course will be:
- EH6065 Research Methods and Information Retrieval in Occupational Health (online) (5 credits)
- EH6066 Psychosocial Epidemiology (online) (10 credits)
- EH6067 Occupational Health and Safety Management in the Workplace (online) (10 credits)
- EH6074 Critical Appraisal of Publications (online) (5 credits)
- LW6108 Legal Aspects of OSH (online) (5 credits)
- EH6080 Applied Research Methods for Occupational Health (online) (5 Credits)
- EH6070 Risk Assessment and Management Programmes in the Workplace (online) (5 credits)
- EH6072 Workplace Health, Safety and Wellbeing Dissertation (online) (30 credits)
Elective modules will also be available which will include:
- EH6069 Psychology Applied to Occupational Health and Safety (online) (5 credits)*
- EH6055 Global and Environmental Health (Online) (5 credits)
- EH6048 The Principles and Practice of Multi-disciplinary Health Protection (online) (5 credits)
- EH6063 Tobacco Control: National and International Approaches (online) (5 credits)
- AD6073 Training and Development Issues in Occupational Health (online) (5 credits)
Course Location
About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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