The primary academic objective of the UCLA Industrial Hygiene Program (IHP) is the training of professional and research industrial hygienists at the Masters and Doctoral levels. The MS and MPH programs are two-year programs with a total of 79 and 85 units, respectively. They are specialization tracks within the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
The program is geared to produce scientifically sophisticated graduates capable of performing at an advanced professional level and moving into leadership positions. The Ph.D. program provides advanced training in a research area of industrial hygiene. Training includes classroom instruction, laboratory exercises, field trips, internships, and thesis research.
The curriculum includes courses covering the properties, measurement, health effects, exposure prevention, and control technology for all types of harmful chemical, physical, and biological agents, and ergonomic factors. Also included are courses on toxicology, biostatistics, epidemiology, industrial hygiene chemistry, occupational safety, hazardous waste, industrial hygiene standards and regulations, environmental management, and risk assessment. The MS program includes a research based thesis or report and the Ph.D. program includes a research thesis. The MPH program includes a summer internship in industry or related area. The internship is optional for MS candidates.
The M.S. and M.P.H. programs in Industrial Hygiene are fully accredited by the Applied Science Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET/ASAC).
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA School of Public Health) (ABET-MS)
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
650 Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/erc
William C. Hinds, ScD, CIH
(310) 825-7104
whinds@ucla.edu
