Industrial Hygiene Internship

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: SAAM 6543, SAAM 6547, SAAM 6548, SAAM 6565. Students will spend three months (one quarter) in a field placement in industry, business company or a government agency. This practice will consist of one of the following alternatives: (1) active participation in the practice of Industrial Hygiene, (2) i mplementation of a practical study to solve an Industrial Hygiene problem, or (3) design of an Industrial Hygiene program for the selected site. Students will select the site of the internship with the advice of the faculty of the Industrial Hygiene Program. It is expected that at the end of the internship the student has integrated the knowledge and skills for the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of occupational health hazards.