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Dpt. of Epidemiology & Public
Health
MSc in Occupational Health
“An integrated course in
occupational health, safety and welfare.”
2014—16
Duration: 2 years part-time
TEACHING STAFF
Professor Ivan Perry, Dr. Birgit Greiner and Dr. Paul Beirne (Epidemiology and Public Health)
Dr. John Gallagher (Health Services Executive Southern Area—Employment Health Advisors)
Dr. Martin Hogan and other specialists of EHA
Pat O’Neill (Applied Psychology)
Dr. Shane Kilcommins (Law)
Mr. Pat Sheehy (Centre for Adult Continuing Education)
Guest lecturers from the community of health and safety practitioners and the HSA
Would you like to deepen your knowledge in health
and safety?
Do you want to become part of the vibrant UCC net-
work of health and safety specialists?
This masters course will help you
make a difference in the prevention of
occupational accidents, injury and disease.
In the past years, the nature of work changed
dramatically with increasing automation and
computerisation in a globalised market. This re-
sulted in changed work hazards and health prob-
lems and increased health and safety concerns
relating to psychosocial work issues, i.e. job
stress, repetitive work, change management,
work-life-family balance and bullying.
These changes require health and safety special-
ists to be knowledgeable in assessing and man-
aging both physical and psychosocial work haz-
ards in an integrated approach.
Application for the programme is on-line.
Apply now at: http://www.ucc.ie/en/CKX06
For further information please contact:
Sara Leitao, Course Co-ordinator Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, 4th Floor, Western Gateway Building Cork. Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: 21 4205521; 085 1413947
Web: http://www.ucc.ie/en/epid/postgrad/
masters-occupation-health/
or Mr. Willie Weir, Department of Adult & Continuing Education, University College Cork. Mobile: 086 8326622
Email: [email protected]
Masters in Occupational
Health—UCC
The MSc in Occupational Health
is a part-time taught programme held for 2
evenings per week (Monday and Thursday
6.15 to 9.15pm) from October to May.
The programme provides a multidisciplinary
approach to occupational health and safety
management in the workplace, including:
occupational medicine,
risk assessment,
psychology,
epidemiology,
public health,
law and training and development.
The course is suitable for individuals already
working in occupational safety and health
such as health & safety advisors, health and
safety officers, occupational health nurses or
other persons with a keen interest in occupa-
tional health and safety. The course is also
suitable for those who want to build a new
career in this area, for example nurses, HR
personnel, public health and social science
graduates and psychologists.
Programme Organisation and
Structure Course Objectives
Overview of Occupational Health
(MSc)
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
1. A primary degree in a cognate area or equivalent plus
relevant professional experience.
2. Diploma in Safety, Health & Welfare at Work or equiva-
lent.
To provide an awareness of occupational
health and safety from a multidisciplinary
perspective.
To familiarise participants with the means
to prevent disease and injury, and to protect
and promote health and safety in an occupa-
tional setting.
To provide skills to critically appraise publi-
cations and statistics, and stay up-to-date
with recent research evidence.
To translate research evidence into occupa-
tional health and safety interventions and
health promotion strategies.
To develop expertise on risk assessment of
physical and psychosocial work hazards.
To develop skills in quantitative and qualita-
tive research methods and in evaluation of
the success of health and safety pro-
grammes.
To understand the role of psychology in im-
proving the quality of work life and to de-
velop basic skills to protect the safety, health
and well-being of workers.
To understand the major legal principles of
employment law and integrate employment
law into broader legal frameworks. Number of Places
25-30
Selection will be based on academic achievement and
relevant work experience
Course Fee
EU students in the academic year 2012/2013: 2,925€ .
Similar fee will be payable in the 2nd year of the programme.
The course consists of three elements; for-
mal course work, self-directed learning us-
ing case studies and project work.
Year 1
Research Methods and Information Retrieval.
(5 Credits)
Psychosocial Epidemiology (10 Credits)
Occupational Health & Safety Management
(10 Credits)
Psychology Applied to Occupational Health &
Safety (10 Credits)
Critical appraisal of Publications and Legal As-
pects of OHS (10 credits)
Year 2
Risk Assessment and Management Programmes
in the work place (10 Credits)
Training and Development Issues In Occupa-
tional Health (5 Credits)
Research project work (thesis) (35 Credits)
