The MSc in Occupational Health is a part-time programme running over two years. This is a blended programme where some classes and elements of assessment will be conducted online.

Students take taught modules to the value of 60 credits and complete a research dissertation (EH6062) to the value of 30 credits.

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Year 1
EH6008 Information Retrieval and Interpretation in Occupational Health and Safety (5 credits)
EH6015 Occupational Health and Safety Management in the Workplace (10 credits)
EH6059 Principles of Psychosocial Epidemiology (5 credits)
EH6060 Risk Assessment and Management of Psychosocial Work Risks (5 credits)
EH6061 Applied Research for Occupational Health (5 credits)
LW6107 Legal Aspects of Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (5 credits)
AD6800 Training and Development Issues in Occupational Health (5 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Year 2

Core Modules
EH6017 Principles, Theory and Application of Risk Assessment and Management Programmes (10 credits)
EH6041 Psychology Applied to Occupational Health and Safety (5 credits)
EH6062 Workplace Health, Safety and Wellbeing Dissertation (30 credits)

Elective Modules
Students choose one module from the following:
EH6000 Introduction to Implementation Research and Practice in Public Health (5 credits)
EH6130 Critical Appraisal of Publications for Research and Practice (5 credits)
EH6140 Environmental Health: Principal Aspects and Burden of Disease (5 credits)
EH6159 Health Promotion II (5 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

See also General Regulations for the Degree of Master.

Exit Award: Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
Candidates who have passed 60 credits of taught modules may choose to exit the programme with a Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health.

Programme Learning outcomes for MSc (Occupational Health) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an awareness of occupational health from a multidisciplinary perspective including occupational medicine, epidemiology, psychology, public health, law and training and development;
• Practise measures to prevent disease and injury, and to protect and promote health and safety in occupational settings;
• Perform risk assessments in the workplace including psychosocial risk factors;
• Identify the role of psychology in improving the quality of work life and to develop basic skills to protect and promote the safety, health and well-being of workers;
• Employ skills to critically appraise publications and statistics and stay up-to date with the newest research evidence;
• Discuss the wider aspects of health protection;
• Apply research evidence into occupational health and safety interventions and health promotion strategies by taking relevant legislation into account;
• Design occupational health training and development programmes in line with organisational policy;
• Carry out a focussed piece of scholarly research and health and safety programme evaluation.

Programme Learning outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health (NFQ level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an awareness of occupational health from a multidisciplinary perspective including occupational medicine, epidemiology, psychology, public health, law and training and development;
• Practice measures to prevent disease and injury, and to protect and promote health and safety in occupational settings;
• Perform risk assessments in the workplace including psychosocial risk factors;
• Identify the role of psychology in improving the quality of work life and to develop basic skills to protect and promote the safety, health and well-being of workers;
• Employ skills to critically appraise publications and statistics and stay up-to date with the newest research evidence;
• Apply research evidence into occupational health and safety interventions and health promotion strategies by taking relevant legislation into account;
• Design occupational health training and development programmes in line with organisational policy;
• Design an occupational health research project.