Occupational Health Psychology

Catalog description

This course introduces the field of occupational health psychology. The overarching goals are to train future professionals to create a healthy and safe workplace and to improve productivity and profits by decreasing the costs associated with hazards. In addition, the course addresses the role of occupational health and safety research in increasing worker protection from physical and psychosocial sources of injury, methodologies used to evaluate existing worksite hazards, and identification and prevention of negative consequences of emerging hazards.