OBJECTIVES
This Master in Occupational Safety and Health Management is structured to improve skills and knowledge of participants in enhancing career development. The aims of the programme are to produce adaptable graduates, who will have comprehensive knowledge in the field of OSH Management, and capable of meeting the demands of new emerging trends and challenges and provide an avenue for graduates, and incumbent OSH practitioners, to pursue a higher level of qualification in the field.
BENEFITS
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Apply technical and managerial skills to facilitate OSH issues at the workplace.
- Explain the relationship between general business management and safety and health management functions.
- Evaluate globalization of safety and health standards on promoting prevention of injuries and illness to workers, and protection of property.
- Apply the principles of safety and health management systems and be able to identify the key system elements appropriate to organisational performance needs.
- Appraise techniques used to promote injuries and illness prevention to workers, and protection of property and the environment.
- Evaluate the ethical and professional challenges of a professional in safety and health.
- Estimates the cost of injury and ill health which burden to the organisation.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills in logic manner, elementary research methods, data collection, data analysis, presentation and management.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This programme is intended for experienced safety and health professionals, practicing at management level.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
(1) A candidate must have a bachelor's degree with honours from UUM or other recognised or accredited local and foreign universities and a relevant working experience of at least a year; OR
(2) A bachelor's degree with a relevant working experience of at least three (3) years; OR
(3) Any other equivalent qualification recognised by Universitit Utara Malaysia
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
To receive Master in OSH Management degree, a graduate student must satisfy the following two (2) main requirements:
(1) Earn a minimum total of 36 graduate credits, AND
(2) Successfully complete all course work with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.0 or better.
To meet the two (2) requirements, the Faculty of Human and Social Development graduate students must complete 30 graduate credits through course work and submitting a 6-credit master's dissertation.
THE MODULES
Core Courses (27 Credits)
Electives (3 Credits)
Dissertation (6 Credits)
Core Courses
SMH 5213 Safety Management
SMH 5223 Health Management
SMH 5273 Hygiene Management
SMH 5293 Chemical Management
SMH 5203 Aspects of OSH Legislations
SMH 5263 OSH Management System
SMH 5313 Risk Management Techniques
PMN 6073 Research Methods
SMH 5303 Behavioral Aspect in Safety and Health
SMZ 6996 Master's Project Paper
Electives
SMH 5243 Fire Safety Management
SMH 5253 Emergency Response Management
SMH 5283 Ergonomics Management
COURSE FEES
Processing Fee RM30.00
Programme Fee RM13,752.00
TOTAL FEE RM13,782.00
(RM382.00/credit)
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Tel : 03-8769 2166 (Mrs. Suhaila)
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