Introduction

Overview

• Postgraduate health, safety, and environmental management qualification to expand your career opportunities in a wide range of locations, industries, and government.
• Gain advanced knowledge and specialized skills to successfully undertake health, safety, and environment advisory or management roles that encompass OHS and environmental management.
• Complete the course in two years full-time or four years part-time.
• Domestic students can choose to study on campus or online.
• Graduates of the QUT Graduate Diploma in OHS or QUT Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health are eligible to complete the Master’s program in one year full-time. Graduates from other universities with similar graduate diplomas may be eligible to receive advanced standing based on their completed units.

Program Outcome

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Demonstrate the breadth of knowledge in the discipline and advance, in-depth knowledge in the sub-discipline or area of specialization.
Perform and defend an original work of research in their fields of specialization which contributed new human knowledge.
Identify, analyze critically and explain open problems in their disciplines and apply relevant research methodology for finding a possible solution.
Communicate the major tenets of their field of specialization and their work orally and in writing to the faculty, their peers, and the lay public.
Identify areas where ethical issues may arise in their field, and articulate strategies to mitigate situations related to ethical issues in their profession.
Demonstrate insight into the transferable nature of research skills to other work environments and the range of career opportunities available to them inside and outside academia.