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Safety Professional Elective Course List
Professional Electives for Safety Students
- Complete 15 credits from the list of safety professional electives.
- At least 12 credits must be at the 300- or 400-level.
- A minimum grade of C- is required in each professional elective course.
- First aid certification is a requirement for safety professionals. If you are not certified in first aid through an agency outside IU, you must include SPH-H 160 First Aid and Emergency Care in your professional electives.
- Students can structure their professional electives to earn a minor in Environmental Management (O'Neill), Business (Kelley), or Psychology (College of Arts and Sciences).
School of Public Health-Bloomington Options:
- SPH-B 366 Community Health (3 cr.)
- SPH-E 311 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 cr.)
- SPH-H 160 First Aid and Emergency Care (3 cr.) (Students who are not certified in first aid are required to take this course.)
- SPH-H 174 Prevention of Violence in American Society (3 cr.) +S&H (If not taken to fulfill a requirement in the Safety and Health Courses section)
- SPH-H 180 Stress Prevention & Management (3 cr.)
- SPH-H 305 Women’s Health (3 cr.)
- SPH-H 306 Men’s Health (3 cr.)
- SPH-H 311 ???
- SPH-H 318 Drug Use in American Society (3 cr.)
- SPH-H 401 Emergency Medical Technician (3 cr.) (P: SPH-H 160) (C: SPH-H 404)
- SPH-H 404 Emergency Medical Technician Lab (1 cr.) (C: SPH-H 401)
- SPH-H 460 Practicum in First Aid Instruction (3 cr.)
- SPH-H 494 Research and Evaluation Methods in Health and Safety (3 cr.)
- SPH-R 142 Living Well (3 cr.) +S&H
- SPH-R 201 Annual Giving (2 cr.)
- SPH-R 202 Major Gifts and Planned Giving (2 cr.)
- SPH-R 301 Capital Campaigns (2 cr.)
- SPH-R 302
- SPH-R 401 Advanced Planned Giving: Wills and Estates (2 cr.)
- SPH-S 217 Safety: A Personal Focus (3 cr.)
- SPH-S 255 Threats, Violence, and Workplace Safety (3 cr. (if not taken as a requirement)
- SPH-S 255 Threats, Violence, and Workplace Safety (3 cr.) (If not taken to fulfill a requirement in the Safety and Health Courses section.)
- SPH-S 302 Introduction to Homeland Security (3 cr.) (P: 9 credits of SPH-S courses)
- SPH-S 350 Topical Seminar in Safety Education (1-3 cr.)
- SPH-S 352
- SPH-S 354 Hazardous Materials and Waste Control (3 cr.)
- SPH-S 370 Principles and Strategies of Behavioral Safety (3 cr.)
- SPH-S 425
- SPH-S 430 Exploring Safety Culture (3 cr.)
- SPH-S 491 Readings in Safety Education (1-3 cr.)
- SPH-S 492 Research in Safety Education (1-3 cr.)
- SPH-V 241 Foundations of Environmental Health (3 cr.)
Criminal Justice Options:
Students may include any criminal justice courses as professional electives.
Labor Studies Options:
Students may include any labor studies courses as professional electives.
- LSTU-L 101 +S&H
- LSTU-L 110 +S&H
- LSTU-L 230 +S&H
Kelley Business Minor
(21 credits required for this minor; to receive this minor, students must choose BUS-A 200 and BUS-L 201 plus four other courses in this category. BUS-K 201 required course counts in this minor.)
- BUS-A 200 Foundations of Accounting
- BUS-K 201 The Computer in Business
- BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business +S&H (P:Soph or honors freshman)
- BUS-F 300 Introduction to Financial Management (P: BUS-A 200 or BUS-A 100/ BUS-A 201-202)
- BUS-G 300 Introduction to Managerial Economics and Strategies
- BUS-M 300 Introduction to Marketing (P or C: BUS-A 200 or BUS-A 100/ BUS-A 201-202)
- BUS-P 300 Introduction to Operations Management (P: BUS-K 201, BUS-A 200)
- BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations or J306 Strategic Management and Leadership
O'Neill Environmental Management Minor
(15 credits required for this minor; to receive this minor, students must complete SPEA-E 272, SPEA-E 311, SPEA-E 363, plus two other courses in this category.
- SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences +S&H
- SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Risk Communication
- SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management
- SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies
- SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology
- SPEA-E 412 Risk communication
- SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
- SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control
- SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Mgt
- SPEA-E 475 Techniques of Environmental Science (P: SPEA-E 272 -or- SPEA-H 316)
- SPEA-H 316 Environmental Health
O'Neill Environmental Science and Health Minor
(15 credits required for this minor; to receive this minor, students must complete SPEA-E 272, SPEA-E 410, and SPEA-H 316, plus two other courses in this category.
- SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences +S&H
- SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science
- SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology
- SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
- SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control
- SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management -or- other courses in environmental science and health approved by a SPEA faculty advisor
- SPEA-H 316 Environmental Health
Psychology Minor
PSY-P 323, PSY-P 303, P324 (If 2 of these courses are taken, a safety student qualifies for a psychology minor because PSY-P 101, PSY-P 102 and PSY-K 300 may be taken as requirements for this major.)
- If two of these courses are taken, the student qualifies for a psychology minor. (PSY-P 101, PSY-P 102, and PSY-K 300)
- PSY-P 323 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3 cr.) (P: PSY-P 155, or PSY-P 101 and PSY-P 102)
- PSY-P 303 Health Psychology (3 cr.) (P: PSY-P 155, or PSY-P 101 and PSY-P 102)
- PSY-P 324 Abnormal Psychology (3 cr.) (P: PSY-P 155, or PSY-P 101 and PSY-P 102)