The University of Massachusetts is now offering a unique 12 credit (4 course) Online Graduate Certificate in Laboratory and Biological Safety designed to introduce the principles of identification, evaluation and control of biological and laboratory hazards. This program is geared toward scientists responsible for biological and/or laboratory safety, practicing occupational and environmental hygienists or biosafety officers and those interested in embarking upon a career in biological and/or laboratory safety.
Admission Requirements
All applicants must have already completed their bachelor’s degree, preferably in a life sciences discipline, from an accredited institution of higher education, and have taken at least three undergraduate-level biology courses such as Microbiology, Cell Biology, and/or Molecular Biology or Biochemistry, or have significant work experience in biosafety (permission of the program coordinator required), prior to applying into the program.
Required Courses
19.508 Principles and Practices of Biological Safety
19.516 Laboratory Environmental Health and Safety
19.525 Introduction to Occupational & Environmental Hygiene & Ergonomics – Available Summer2011!
Electives (choose 1):
36.541 Introduction to Public Health and the Public Health Laboratory
30.550 Human Development and Pathophysiology
36.580 Clinical Applications of Molecular Genetics – Available Summer2011!
32.504 Health Data Analysis
