Curriculum Document

Academic Department:

School Document Number:

TEC 06-04

Document Author:

Approved by School Date:

March 9, 2006

Date: (mm/dd/yy)

CEP Review:

X Course

o Program of Study

Type of Document:

Addition

X X

Faculty Senate Approval Date: (mm/dd/yy)

Effective Term:

Fall 2006

Deletion

Revisions

Document Subject: New Course - OLS 421 Psychology of Safety

This new class is being added to the curriculum for the Safety, Health and Environmental Management Major as a required course per the approved Bingo sheet.

Justification: This course will provide students the opportunity to examine various psychological theories, and applications of those theories, related to safety, accidents and losses. Students will research one of several contemporary applications or approaches adopted from psychological theory. Students will apply techniques discussed in class to better understand states of motivation as it relates to occupational safety processes.

Proposed:

Current:

None

OLS 421- Psychology of Safety

This class will provide necessary exposure to contemporary approaches used to influence employees’ safety related behaviors.

Prerequisite: OLS 331, PSY 343

Class 3, Lab 0

Impact on Students: The addition of this class is necessary to provide students exposure to this critical area so that they will be better prepared to deal with them in the workplace. This class will be developed so as to be delivered in either a live classroom setting or over the Internet.

What other Academic Departments will be impacted? None, as PSY 343 is already a required class for this Major.

Summarize any discussions with the departments listed above: None

Impact on University Resources:

Current faculty along with Guest Lecturers will present this course using existing resources.

Impact on General Education Requirements: This class has components that help to satisfy oral and written communication requirements as well as human behavior and computer utilization requirements.