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Sustainability, Health and Safety

Associate of Applied Science Degree Program

Catalog Year 2009-2010

MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Javid Mohtasham: 503-491-7440 - Room AC 2571 Javid.Mohtasham@mhcc.edu

The Sustainability, Health and Safety program provides students a basic understanding of sustainability, health and safety issues. The technical nature of this field requires basic courses in math and chemistry in order to understand and work more effectively in this field. The program includes lectures, class projects, and an internship. The curriculum would be suitable for high school graduates, people now working in industry in the areas of occupational safety and health, or environmental management, and those with no related job experience wanting to change careers. Persons assigned new duties in this area may find individual courses will fulfill their needs for continuing professional education. Students completing an Associates Degree in the SHS program may transfer to several different four-year schools for the Bachelor of Science degree in different environmental fields. Interested students should contact the program adviser for additional information.

What are the Possibilities for Employment?

The Sustainability, Health and Safety program prepares students for well paid jobs in the growing fields of sustainability, health and safety. Small to large companies have the need for at least one person responsible for sustainability, environmental, health and/or safety issues. Employment in the environmental field include such jobs as program managers, regulatory officers, auditors, field and lab technicians, scientists, researchers, educators, and sustainability trainers. Employment in the health and safety field include such jobs as safety technicians, safety officers, accident investigators, industrial hygienists, risk managers, program developers, and program managers.

Program Outcomes

At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:

• implement applicable environmental, health and safety regulations and procedures in accordance with the regulatory requirements in 29, 40 and 49CFR
• safely handle hazardous materials and hazardous wastes
• collect, prepare, document, and ship samples for analysis
• compile, record, and maintain documents for hazardous materials and hazardous wastes management activities
• implement applicable environmental auditing requirements based on the requirements in the ASTM-1527
• describe the relationship between ecological, economic and social sustainability
• investigate the appropriate level of analysis ranging from the personal to the global

1 Any two 200 or higher level chemistry courses may be substituted for CH104 and CH105.
2 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.
3 Any two 200 level biology courses may be substituted for BI101 and BI102.
4 Higher level Math or Computer Science course may be substituted.
5 SHS154, SHS155, and SHS156; student must have adviser approval to select other options.

See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog.