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It is expected that within three years of graduation students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate high level of knowledge, skills, and technical competency in anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling occupational health and safety risks
2. Provide guidance and significant support to the organization in which they work through the advancement of health and safety in the workplace
3. Be creative and resourceful by applying business understanding, science, and recognized scientific principles for the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of occupational health problems
4. Act responsibly and ethically by adhering to the code of ethics for the industrial hygiene profession
5. Effectively communicate with stakeholders by both written and verbal means
6. Demonstrate a continuous and long-term commitment to learning with an aspiration of obtaining professional certification
7. Contribute to the health and safety profession by participating actively in professional organizations, technical committees, or local groups
8. Complete a graduate degree at a Masters level for those choosing to pursue graduate studies following undergraduate graduation.

It is expected that at the time of graduation students will:

1.  Identify health-affecting agents, factors, and stressors and how they relate to typical industrial processes, unit operations, and tasks
2.  Explain mechanisms of human physiological response, toxicity, and health damage associated with exposure to industrial agents, factors, or stressors
3.  Describe mechanisms of generation and air dispersion of chemical agents in quantitative and qualitative terms
4.  Assess dose-response and risk characterization of occupational agents based on toxicological data, mechanisms of exposure and routes of entry
5.  Interpret industrial hygiene data by applying statistical and epidemiological principles
6.  Utilize credible sources of information for identifying and predicting health, safety, and environmental hazards and stressors
7.  Identify the scope, application, use, and interpretation of standards that regulate occupational exposures to chemical and physical agents
8.  Be proficient in all phases of exposure assessment (qualitative and quantitative) including strategies for obtaining representative data; collection, handling and analysis of samples; interpretation of data; and communication of results
9.  Ä¢¹½Ä¢¹½ principles of physics and mathematics to describe mechanical systems, energy sources, and methods used to evaluate occupational exposures to physical agents
10.  Identify, prioritize and make recommendations of applicable options for the control of occupational hazards
11.  Ä¢¹½Ä¢¹½ principles of design and use standard practices for performance evaluations of ventilation systems used for exposure control
12.  Select and recommend proper personal protective equipment
13.  Describe fundamental aspects of safety and the importance of creating effective safety programs
14.  Describe fundamental aspects of environmental health
15.  Recognize that occupational and environmental health issues and solutions can impact the economy, environment, and trade
16.  Ä¢¹½Ä¢¹½ principles of management to health and safety
17.  Identify the scope of application, use, and limitations of standards and guidelines applicable to health, safety, and environmental practice
18.  Communicate effectively with a range of audiences
19.  Design programs and training materials for educating constituencies in occupational health and safety
20.  Demonstrate familiarity with the code of ethics of the IH profession and the importance of ethical conduct and professional responsibility
21.  Function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines and analyze risk and uncertainty
22.  Design and conduct experiments and interpret results from the analysis of experimental data