M.Sc.(A) - On Campus
The M.Sc.(A) Occupational Health Sciences (On Campus) program is taken over three full-time terms and is worth 45 credits. Courses (30 credits) are given over the Fall and Winter terms and a Project (15 credits) is taken over the Summer term or the Fall term (depending on the project, further details below).Ìý Additional sessions may be required, depending when the final project is submitted and approved by the Supervisor.Ìý The full-time program (45 credits) must be completed within three years of initial registration.
Required courses:
Fall term
OCCH 602. Occupational Health Practice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Occupational Health (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course analyzes the functions, structure and organization of occupational health programs and services.
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OCCH 612. Principles of Toxicology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Occupational Health (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
General principles of toxicology, routes of toxicant entry, human organs as targets of toxic action, adverse effects, time-course of reactions to toxicants. Risk assessment techniques, in vivo-in vitro toxicity models, links between human population observations and animal, cellular and biochemical models.
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OCCH 616. Occupational Hygiene.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Occupational Health (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the principles and practices of industrial hygiene designed to provide the students with the knowledge required to identify health and safety hazards in the workplace.
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EPIB 507. Biostats for Health Sciences.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Basic principles of statistical inference applicable to clinical, epidemiologic, and other health research. Topics include: methods of describing data, statistical inference for means, statistical inference for proportions, non-parametric statistics, correlation and introduction to linear regression.
- Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restriction: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Human Nutrition, Medical Residents, and Clinical Fellows.
- Course not opened to students registered in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics programs.
- Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
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EPIB 601. Fundamentals of Epidemiology.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to epidemiologic concepts and corresponding terms. After an introduction to the history, definition, and purposes of epidemiology, "core" concepts that are relevant in several areas of investigation (e.g., etiologic research, health care research, and community medicine practice) will be presented.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EPIB 606. Open to students in Epidemiology or Biostatistics programs, or permission of instructor.
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Winter term
OCCH 604. Monitoring Occupational Environment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Occupational Health (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Principles and practices of environmental and biological monitoring of workplace hazards are addressed. Familiarization with instrumentation and calibration procedures is undertaken. Students learn to identify workplace health hazards, develop effective sampling strategies, use industrial hygiene equipment and interpret results of exposure measurements.
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OCCH 605. Physical Health Hazards.
Credits: 6
Offered by: Occupational Health (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Properties, mechanisms of action and health effects of physical agents in the workplace and in the general environment: electromagnetic risks, noise and vibration, ionizing radiation, ventilation and thermal environment. Administrative, engineering and medical control methods, exposure standards and safety measures for these agents.
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OCCH 608. Biological Hazards.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Occupational Health (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Biological hazards and infectious diseases susceptible of being acquired at work and the several preventive and protective measures to be put in place, including airborne, foodborne, vectorborne infectious diseases, bioterrorism, and mold.
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OCCH 615. Occupational Safety Practice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Occupational Health (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Principles of safety and loss prevention; incident investigations and analyses, occupational safety management tools; loss recognition; safety standards, guidelines and legislation. Selected topics include: fire prevention; workshop, tool and machine safety; fall protection; laboratory safety; confined space entry; safe work permit systems; and materials handling.
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Projects will be chosen either from a list supplied by the Department or from suggestions by the students themselves and at that point, the Chair of the M.Sc.(A) Projects will assign a Supervisor. Please note that in most instances no supervisor will be assigned during the Fall and Winter terms. A presentation will be given by the Chair in mid-Winter with details on the project.Ìý The deadlines to submit a project for evaluation (approved by the Supervisor) are July 15th for Fall graduation*, November 1st for Winter graduation and March 1st for Spring graduation. It may be necessary to register for an additional term (Non-Thesis Extension term) if the final project is not approved by the Supervisor after evaluation.
*The majority of students submit their project for Winter graduation as it is difficult to find evaluators to review the project during the Summer.