This course addresses the
Homeland Security learning
outcomes marked in bold text.

  1. Define and identify vulnerabilities, threats, and hazards
  2. Assess risk
  3. Plan for emergency action
  4. Formulate prevention and mitigation strategies
  5. Organize responses
  6. Manage recovery options
  7. Evaluate effectiveness

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students will:

  1. Synthesize health and safety information in order and create a safe and healthy work and learning environment.
  2. Evaluate information about factors that contribute to safe and healthy living and working environments.
  3. Comprehend factors that play a key role in effecting legal provisions designed to ensure a healthy and safe workplace.
  4. Apply various techniques that utilize community resources to create a safe and healthy environment.
  5. Display knowledge of the role played by health and safety management in maintaining quality of life in contemporary and historical environments.

Supervision of Industrial Safety

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Learn the history and growth of occupational safety and health in the American workplace as it relates primarily to policy and statute resulting from the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1970. Workman's compensation insurance, accident records, injury rates, accident investigation, analysis and cost, safety programs as well as specific industrial and occupational safety problems are covered. This is a writing emphasis course.

Pre-requisites: None

Restrictions/Suggestions: None

Course Outline

Refer to the table below for specific information pertaining to your school.
If you are
a student at
Course name and number Contact
Chicago State University HSTE 385, Supervision of Industrial Safety Dr. Marian Perkins
Assistant Professor
Office: HWH 325
Phone: (773) 995-2233
Eastern Illinois University Contact your campus coordinator Sue Harvey
Registrar
gsharvey@eiu.edu
(217) 581-3831
Governors State University Contact your campus coordinator Veronica Williams
Director, Extended University
v-williams@govst.edu
708-534-3143
Illinois State University Contact your campus coordinator Dr. Marilyn Morrow
Chair, Health Sciences
mmorrow@ilstu.edu
309-438-8806
Northern Illinois University Contact your campus coordinator Linda Traff
Assistant Director, Credit
ltraff@niu.edu
815-753-8735

Cathy Cradduck
Campus Coordinator
ccradduc@niu.edu
815-753-5008
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Contact your campus coordinator Laura Strom
Registrar
lstrom@siue.edu
618-650-3330
Western Illinois University Contact your campus coordinator Dr. Nancy Parsons
Professor, Health Sciences
NP-Parsons@wiu.edu
309-298-1746