Safety Management Major

Internship and Graduation

Elligibility for Internship

Students who are planning to enroll in Internship course should meet with their advisors. Students should:

•     have completed at least 24 credit hours of SFTY courses.
  
•     maintain an Indiana State University GPA of 2.5 or higher in departmental SFTY courses.
  
•     maintain no less than a C- grade in departmental SFTY courses.
  
•     complete an internship application.
  
•     complete the required paperwork for Career Center
  

Elligibility for Graduation

Applicants for graduation must complete all University graduation requirements stated elsewhere in the Catalog. Safety management candidates for graduation must:

•     have a minimal ISU cumulative GPA of 2.25.
  
•     have a minimum Indiana State University GPA of 2.5 in all SFTY courses. At least 24 semester hours of the major must be completed at Indiana State University.
  
•     receive no less than a grade of “C-” in each SFTY course.
  
•     satisfactorily complete supervised safety management internship experience. (SFTY 492.
  

Accelerated Master’s Degree (4+1) Option:   

If a student wishes to apply for Accelerated Master’s program, he/she should have a GPA of 3.0 or better and 96 credits completed by the end of his/her junior year. The student must meet with his/her advisor to discuss the process.

Required Safety Management Major Courses (47 credits):

• SFTY 112 - Introduction to Industrial Health and Safety 3 Credits
• SFTY 290 - Introduction to Environmental Management 3 Credits
• SFTY 314 - Industrial Health and Safety Legislation 3 Credits
• SFTY 318 - Industrial Accident Prevention I 3 Credits
• SFTY 319 - Industrial Accident Prevention II 3 Credits
• SFTY 328 - Fire Protection Systems/Techniques 3 Credits
• SFTY 330 - Industrial Hygiene 4 Credits
• SFTY 330L - Industrial Hygiene Lab 2 Credits
• SFTY 341 - Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineering and Technology 3 Credits
• SFTY 401 - Introduction to Occupational Toxicology 2 Credits
• SFTY 411 - Analysis Techniques in Industrial Health and Safety 3 Credits
• SFTY 416 - Administration of Industrial Health and Safety Programs 3 Credits
• SFTY 423 - Current Issues and Training Concepts in Industrial Health and Safety 3 Credits
• SFTY 446 - Hazardous Material Operation 3 Credits
• SFTY 460 - Human Factors/Ergonomics 3 Credits
• SFTY 492 - Professional Field Practice Internship in Safety Management 3 Credits

Additional Required Courses (21-22 credits):

• CHEM 100 - Chemistry and Society 3 Credits
• CHEM 100L - Chemistry and Society Laboratory 1 Credits

• CHEM 100/100L should be taken within the major and will also fulfill FS - Lab Science requirement

   

• PHYS 105 - General Physics I 3 Credits
• PHYS 105L - General Physics I Laboratory 1 Credits

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  Math Requirement: Students placed into MATH 131 from Math Placement Score will have MATH 116 waived

• MATH 115 - College Algebra 3 Credits

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• MATH 116 - PreCalculus 4 Credits
• MATH 131 - Calculus I 4 Credits

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• MGT 301 - Survey of Management 3 Credits

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  Select one of the following: 

• ET 492 - Industrial Supervision 3 Credits
• HRD 480 - Industrial Organizational Psychology 3 Credits

Degree Map

This program has the following minimum GPA requirements: 2.25 overall GPA; 2.50 overall GPA in all SFTY course work. Student must complete 24 credits of coursework in the major at ISU to be elligible for graduation.