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Safety Science - 2695

Program Summary

   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Research
 
 
Typical Duration: 2 Years
 
 
Typical UOC Per Session: 24
 
 
Min UOC Per Session: 3
 
 
Max UOC Per Session: 24
 
 
Min UOC For Award: 96
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Master of Engineering (Research)
 
  

Program Description

Injury and disease, particularly from work, sport or community activities arise from failure to manage the risk associated with the benefits being pursued. The school holds the view that technical and managerial aspects of loss prevention are interlinked and not sensibly separated. Technical research projects are carried out in the Chemical Safety and Toxicology laboratory, the Biomechnaics Laboratory and the Combustion Laboratory (the latter shared with the school of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry). These projects are linked to workplace based projects in the same technical areas which have lead to development of risk management tools and research into risk management systems. The school has developed and tested a range of practical risk mangement tools for the workplace setting and has a growing interest in advanced quantitative risk assessment techniques applied to major accidents, fire and explosion and the environmental risks of chemicals.

The school is a founding partner in the Injury Risk Management Research Centre which is a repository for state government and industry databases on injury and takes an all of government all injury approach to injury risk management.

The school accepts students into Phd and MSc/ME programs to undertake research in the school's area of interest. People interested in joining the school as a research student on either a full time or part time basis should contact the research coordinator or the academic working in the appropriate area.

Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Please refer to the Program Description above.

Program Structure

Study requirements
Awarded for a thesis which embodies the result of an original investigation or design relating to health, safety, ergonomics or the environment.
The minimum enrolment period is 1 year full time or 2 years part time. Work for the degree may be carried out as an internal or external student.

Academic Rules

Fees

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Admission Requirements

A bachelors Degree of a standard acceptable to the Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Science and Technology - normally a four year degree with at least a credit grade average.

Area(s) of Specialisation

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