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Future Students> Postgraduate Coursework> Health and Safety> Grad Cert SafeSci

Graduate Certificate in Safety Science

The Graduate Certificate in Safety Science is the first stage in a fully articulated series of Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Science and Technology in Occupational Health and Safety or Master of Safety Science. The program requires 24 UOC and is normally completed in six months of full-time or 12 months part-time study. It is available in person or by distance delivery mode.

Students enter this program from diverse backgrounds and may lack assumed knowledge for core courses. The School therefore offers a set of Fundamental Knowledge courses to provide this background. Students in the Graduate Certificate may complete up to 6 UOC of Fundamental Knowledge courses as part of their program.

Students then complete 18 UOC of core and elective courses from an Academic Plan (specialisation) to suit their background and career needs.

The Academic Plans available under this program are :

 
Graduate Certificate in Safety Science
SESCDS7442
 
Fundamental Knowledge Courses (6 UOC)
ANAT6151 Introductory Functional Anatomy3 UoC
SESC6010Descriptive Statistics3 UoC
SESC6110 Physical Principles of Safety3 UoC
SESC6800Fundamentals of Toxicology3 UoC
 
Core Courses
SESC9101Occupational Health and Safety6 UoC
SESC9201Safety Risk Management6 UoC
SESC9101, SESC9201, SESC9301 all require fundamental knowledge course(s) or equivalent knowledge as assumed knowledge

Substitution but not necessarily transfer credit may be awarded to students who can establish that they have equivalent knowledge in these courses. Where substitution is awarded, other approved postgraduate courses must be substituted. The range of electives available at UNSW in off-campus mode is more restricted than for on-campus students.

 
Elective Courses
Students are required to complete 6 additional UOC from the core and the elective courses of the Master of Safety Science program.