Campus and Distance Learning Enhancement in OSH.

摘要

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCA&TSU), located in Greensboro, NC, was established in 1891 and was designated as one of two land grant institutions in the state. It has an enrollment of over 10,500 students and is the largest of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the State of North Carolina. It is the eighth largest in the nation's 114 HBCUs. The B.S. Degree in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Program is in the Department of Construction Management & Occupational Safety and Health in the School of Technology. The OSH Program was started in 1979, with some NIOSH funding, with a very small enrollment with the objective of preparing students for jobs in the field of Occupational Safety and Health. The program is over 30 years old and now has approximately 70 students on campus and another 30-40 on-line (distance) students (mainly Go-Army Ed Program). NCA&TSU is the only B.S. in OSH in North Carolina and one of only a few institutions in the Southeast offering such a program. The University also offers three Masters of Science in Industrial Technology (MSIT) Degrees with the following Concentrations: Occupational Safety & Health (MSIT/OSH), Environmental Safety & Health (MSIT/EOSH), and Disaster Management (MSIT/DM). The Bachelor of Science Degree in OSH is conferred on students after the completion of the following: 126 semester hours of course work which includes 35 semester hours in OSH, 8 semester hours Biology, 15 semester hours Chemistry, 8 hours Mathematics, 8 semester hours of Physics, 6 semester hours of Management Courses, 3 semester hours Internship Course, 43 semester hours of English, Humanities, and other courses.