The Department of Chemistry

Recent developments in areas such as legislation, global trade, rapidly changing technology, have placed new expectations, and the demands of occupational and environmental safety and health on governments, environmental management, business enterprises, educational institutions, trade unions, workers and the public. Within this scenario, there is an urgent and growing need for the development of a cadre of professionals with competencies in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH). Developed in 2005, in Mona, Jamaica, UWI’s OESH Programme addresses the growing requirement for all employers, managers, supervisors, policymakers and public leaders to have a functional awareness of the key issues related to environmental and occupational safety and health. The Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health commenced at the St. Augustine campus in September 2009.

Objectives

The master’s programme is designed to prepare persons to function in key areas such as:

Enforcement - to ensure compliance, research and development, training, organisational systems and practice, policy and standards development. Graduates would be able to develop, design, implement and manage complex OESH programmes and systems and to provide consultancy services and to educate others.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have either a first degree or its equivalent in basic or applied sciences; candidates with any other bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with suitable work experience, will also be considered.

Delivery Mode

Intense, modular, face-to-face and online sessions conducted on evenings, weekends and, a few weekdays (when foreign lecturers are involved), and agreed holidays. Full-time practitioners in the OESH field are especially encouraged to apply. The programme will be delivered by international, regional and local lecturers.

Course of Study

For the M.Sc. in OESH, students are required to complete 34 credits of core courses, and a research project of 9 credits as outlined below. Our four-credit courses consist of approximately 48 hours of lectures and field visits and/or laboratory work, where applicable. Full-time students will normally require 18 months and part-time students three years to complete the programme requirements. The full-time programme will normally consist of two semesters of coursework and examinations, followed by the research project while the part-time programme involves four semesters of coursework and examinations, followed by the research project.

Course Evaluation

This involves coursework, in-course tests, and a three-hour written examination paper at the end of each semester.

Year I

Semester 1 (17 Credits)

Semester 2 (17 Credits)

Year II

Contact

Call or WhatsApp: 758-OESH (6374)

Tel: (868) 662-2002 – Extension 83268/83269

Email: msc.oesh@sta.uwi.edu

Email: Tamika.Elcock@sta.uwi.edu (Programme Coordinator)  

FST-Chemistry-HOD@sta.uwi.edu (Head of Department)