Environmental, Health and Safety Management, MS

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The master's degree (MS) program prepares the individual to design and implement comprehensive and effective environmental, health and safety (EHS) management systems that will assist the organization in which he or she works in remaining viable as it enters the twenty-first century. The objective is to determine the appropriate EHS goals for the organization and to develop a program to meet them as efficiently as possible. The MS program is founded upon an extremely current and dynamic body of knowledge, the advice, guidance and participation of leading EHS experts and continued interaction with industry and government.

RIT's master of science program in environmental health and safety management is designed to provide graduates with a solid grounding in technical and managerial aspects of leading practices in management. The program is designed for early- to mid-career EHS professionals and those planning a career move into this field.

A New Program of Study

The last decade has seen significant changes in how organizations view and manage environmental, health and safety issues. Increasingly, industries arc capitalizing on the synergies between these three areas by managing them together -- necessitating the need for EHS professionals to he cross-trained in all three functions. The emergence of voluntary standards and codes of conduct (including international standards), coupled with the need to manage costs, has resulted in a trend to go beyond regulatory compliance through the use of management systems and integration of EHS into key business processes. RIT's program in environmental, health and safety management utilizes an integrated systems focus to ensure that graduates can:

• Identify and leverage the regulatory, voluntary and business drivers for EHS programs.
• Design and implement effective EHS management systems and programs.
• Design and implement performance measurement processes to verify EHS effectiveness.
• Demonstrate how an effective EHS program adds value to the organization

The program is designed so that it can be completed in as little as two years of part-time study, while working full-time. In conjunction with their major professor and graduate steering committee, students are able to tailor an individual program of study to meet their academic and career interests and needs. RIT's faculty are highly experienced EHS professionals, ensuring that the curriculum is both relevant and practical.

Environmental, Health & Safety Management, MS degree

Mission

The mission of the Environmental, Health and Safety Management Master of Science Degree program is to prepare traditional and non-traditional local and distance students to manage their organization’s environmental, health and safety systems by providing them with the appropriate and current environmental, health and safety management strategy and tools.

Objectives

1. Provide a curriculum that includes environmental, health and safety management strategies and tools.
2. Provide a flexible learning environment that allows the program to be completed through traditional and, or non-tradition means.
3. Produce students who are prepared to further their career in the field of environmental, health and safety management.