Occupational Safety and Health M.S.
Learn to Create Safer, Healthier Workplaces
Earn your Master of Science in Occupational Safety and Health from University of Houston-Clear Lake and learn to design, evaluate and implement methods, policies and controls that promote safer indoor and outdoor workplace environments. For your convenience, you can complete the degree entirely in person or online. With rigorous coursework and activities in simulated settings, you will learn how to anticipate, identify and avert hazards in real-life situations, including physical, chemical and biological hazards. Narrow your focus by choosing one four specializations in:
Industrial Hygiene
Involves anticipation, recognition, evaluation, prevention and control of workplace environmental factors or hazards that may impair health or cause significant discomfort for individuals. Geared more towards assessing and controlling workplace hazards, with hands-on experience.
Occupational Safety and Health (Online)
Focuses on the recognition, evaluation and control of health and safety hazards in the workplace and environment. Geared more towards working professionals seeking to advance their knowledge and career. Broader coverage of occupational and environmental topics.
Process Safety Management
Learn to improve an organization’s safety record through the identification, assessment and management of process safety hazards. Includes process hazard assessment, risk management plans and process safety management principles.
Safety
Focuses on anticipation, identification and evaluation of hazardous conditions and practices. Geared more towards the engineering and physics aspect of safety, ergonomics, human factors, and management of occupational safety and health programs and regulations.
Upon graduation, you’ll be prepared to pursue further academic training in occupational
health and safety towards a doctorate. You may also prepare for professional certification
examinations in industrial hygiene and/or safety. The Occupational Safety and Health M.S. specializations in Industrial Hygiene, Safety
and the online option are approved by the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management
(IHMM) for the Associate Safety and Health Manager (ASHM). The IHMM certifies health
and safety professionals.
The Occupational Safety and Health Program specializations in Industrial Hygiene,
Safety and the online option are recognized as a Qualified Academic Program (QAP)
by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). Graduates of a QAP are eligible
to apply for the Graduate Safety Practitioner® (GSP®), a BCSP-approved credential
necessary to apply for the Certified Safety Professional® (CSP®). It is only available
to graduates from degree programs which meet BCSP QAP standards.
Land a Lucrative Career and Meet a Regional Need
UHCL's Occupational Safety and Health M.S. focuses on the applied STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) sciences, and will equip you for careers in the government and private occupational health and safety sectors. Many of these careers have a median salary of over $75,000. Businesses along the Gulf Coast are the primary employers of health and safety professionals in the nation, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Texas Workforce Commission indicates a 20 percent growth in jobs in the region. Equipped with the knowledge and experience you'll receive with this degree at UHCL, your professional options include:
- Health and safety coordinator or director.
- Industrial hygienist.
- Safety engineer.
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Admission Requirements
UHCL’s College of Science and Engineering has created a solid foundation of study designed to help you make your educational dreams a reality. Explore the classes you’ll need to take for your University of Houston-Clear Lake degree.
Degree Requirements
UHCL’s College of Science and Engineering has created a solid foundation of study designed to help you make your educational dreams a reality. Explore the classes you’ll need to take for your University of Houston-Clear Lake degree.
Occupational Safety and Health, M.S.Cost Information
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Deadlines for Applying
- Graduate Deadlines
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FallNew Degree-Seeking Students - August 1
Returning UHCL Students - August 15 -
SpringNew Degree-Seeking Students - January 5
Returning UHCL Students - January 15 -
SummerNew Degree-Seeking Students - May 1
Returning UHCL Students - May 25
Please note, some graduate programs have special deadlines and requirements. For more information, go to How to Apply as a Graduate Student. The online application is scheduled to close for Graduate students after the Formal UHCL Student deadline of each semester.
Applying After the Priority Deadline
New, non-degree seeking, and returning UHCL students applying after the deadlines above may be considered for admission on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the appropriate graduate enrollment counselor for more information. A $50.00 Late Registration Fee or $50.00 Late Payment may apply.
Review the UHCL Academic Calendar for registration and payment dates and deadlines.
- International Deadlines
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Fall
Deadline - May 1
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Spring
Deadline - October 1
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Summer*
Deadline - April 1
For more information regarding deferring your application, please visit Deferring International Admission.
Students interested in qualifying for scholarships &/or applying for visas outside the U.S. should apply and submit the application documents/test scores by the priority deadline
*International freshmen applicants will not be accepted for Summer semester.
Locations
University of Houston-Clear Lake
2700 Bay Area Blvd
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-283-7600
UHCL Online
Bayou Building, Room 1406
2700 Bay Area Blvd
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-212-1611
Make the most of a hectic schedule and study from home or the office through UHCL Online, offering the same level of excellence for more than 20 undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs.
Occupational Safety and Health M.S. Faculty

Magdy Akladios
Department Chair of Physical and Applied Sciences and Professor of Occupational Safety
and Health with specializations in industrial hygiene or safety
,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3744
Email: akladios@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2005

Serkan Caliskan
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3764
Email: caliskan@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM-2212

David Garrison
Associate Dean, Professor and Former Chair of Physics,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3796
Email: garrison@uhcl.edu
Office: B3611

Monica Khural
Lecturer,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3729
Email: khural@uhcl.edu
Office: S2201

Tej Limbu
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3816
Email: limbu@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2216

Jack Y. Lu
Professor of Chemistry,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3780
Email: lu@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2202

Alexandra MacDermott
Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3773
Email: macdermott@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2210

Nataliya Markina
Lecturer of Chemistry,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3741
Email: markina@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2246

Samina S. Masood
Associate Professor of Physics,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3781
Email: masood@uhcl.edu
Office: B3525-8

Robert N. Phalen
Interim Dean (Dean Gonzalez is on leave for the Fall 2023 semester),
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3753
Email: phalen@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2208

Linhdung Pham
Lecturer of Physics,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3768
Email: phamL@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2244
Sonny Sachdeva
Assistant Professor of Occupational Safety and Health,
Science and Engineering
Email: Sachdeva@UHCL.edu
Yi Su
Program Chair of Chemistry and Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3752
Email: Su@UHCL.edu
Office: STEM 2250

Charuksha Walgama
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3785
Email: walgama@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2242

Daniel Zerong Wang
Professor of Chemistry,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3795
Email: Wang@uhcl.edu
Office: STEM 2206

Paul Withey
Program Chair of Physics, Associate Professor of Physics,
Science and Engineering
Contact number: 281-283-3799
Email: Withey@UHCL.edu
Office: B3531