Safety, Health and Environment (MSc)

This Master’s in Safety, Health and Environment covers all aspects of occupational safety, health and environment, with emphasis on learning and research.

This distance-learning course teaches you to help prevent accidents, ill health and other losses arising from work and work activities. Safety professionals are increasingly responsible for environment-related issues, and this is reflected in the topics studied in this MSc Safety, Health and Environment.

We aim to help you develop research and analytical skills, and to gain a wider and more in-depth understanding of occupational health theory and practice. By studying critical thinking, you gain the necessary skills for the rest of the course. Growing concern about climate change also informs our approach to environmental issues in the workplace.

This course is accredited by two professional bodies: the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) as well as the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS).

What you will study

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Critical Thinking (DL) (10 credits)

• Environment Impact and Management (20 credits)

• Safety & Risk Management (20 credits)

• The Chemical Environment (20 credits)

• Management of Physical Agents (20 credits)

• Research Methods (DL) (10 credits)

Year 2

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Dissertation (OSH) (40 credits)

• Ergonomics & Workplace Psychology (20 credits)

Students are required to choose 20 credits from this list of options.

• The Reflective Practitioner (20 credits)

• Disaster Management and Recovery (20 credits)

Fees and funding

• Your time at university should be enjoyable, rewarding, and free of unnecessary stress. Planning your finances before you come to university can help to reduce financial concerns.