BSc Workplace Safety and Health

Bachelor's Degree Programme
(Part-time)

Provides a focused WSH training for those seeking a career in safety. Students can choose a range of minors according to the role they take on as WSH professionals.

Applications Open: 01 October 2024

Applications Close: 31 March 2025

Next Available Intake: July 2025

Programme Type: Part-time Undergraduate

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Area of Interest: Science and Technology

School/Department: School of Science and Technology

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The programme aims to provide a more focused training in Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) for those aspiring to seek a career in safety. This WSH programme is unique in that students are grounded in human factors fundamentals and principles in the lower-level courses and then focus on the workplace safety, health and environmental issues in the higher-level courses. The programme equips students with the skills and knowledge of evaluating and controlling hazards, and developing strategic initiatives to create a safer and healthier workplace, through a better appreciation of human physical, biological and cognitive strengths and limitations.

Students can pair this WSH major with one of the minors offered in SUSS, making it flexible for students to craft out a degree programme that best suits their needs according to the role they desire to take on as WSH professionals.

The programme is recognised by Singapore Ministry of Manpower for WSH Officer registration.

Our BSc Workplace Safety and Health programme just obtained the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) accreditation.

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Refer to general admission criteria for undergraduate programmes.

In addition to the standard admission criteria for all Singapore University of Social Sciences undergraduate programmes, applicants need to meet ONE of the following specific qualifications:

Diploma in cognate areas of technology, science or engineering from a local polytechnic; OR
at least a Grade C6 in GCE 'O' Level Physics and Mathematics; OR
Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health

There are also various types of financial aid available to students who need financial assistance. Please click here for more details.

To graduate with a basic degree, students are required to complete 130 credit units (cu), which include:

20 cu of SUSS Core courses
60 cu of Major Compulsory courses
20 cu of Major Elective courses
30 cu of Free Electives or Minor

The curriculum is structured such that:

Level 1 courses consist of foundational courses in Human Factors and Cognition & Information Processing.
Level 2 courses train students to apply what is learnt at level 1 to the design and evaluation of tools, workplaces, environment and systems.
Level 3 courses cover advanced topics in safety, spanning assessment of risks, management of safety and environment, safety standards and accident investigations.

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Module Types
SUSS CORE COMPULSORY	NCO101 Living with Community NCO201 Learn to Learn, Learn for Life	10 cu
SUSS CORE ELECTIVES (ENGAGEMENT)	SST101 Principles of Project Management SST388 STEM Interdisciplinary Project	5 cu
SUSS CORE ELECTIVES (PEOPLE)	NCO111 Work and Learning in a Changing World NCO112 Peak Performance NCO113 Teamwork in the Modern Workplace NCO205 User-Centred Design: Human Factors and Design Thinking	5 cu
COMPULSORY	HFS103 Psychology for Human Factors HFS105 Cognition and Information Processing HFS201 Workplace Evaluation and Design HFS203 Environmental Hazards and Toxicology HFS351 Safety Management and Audit HFS353 Incident and Accident Investigation HFS371 Risk Assessment and Management HFSY215 Behavioural Based Safety HFSY217 Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning HFSY355 Safety Standards, Legislations and Best Practices HFSY357 Environmental Management and Sustainable Development SST102 Human Factors and Systems Design	60 cu
ELECTIVE	HFS206 Occupational Biomechanics HFS219 Human Factors Methods HFS301 Cognitive Systems Engineering HFS303 Safety, Risk and Resilience Engineering HFS306 User Centred Design for Interactive Systems HFS307 Innovative Safety Coaching and Leadership HFS309 Universal Design HFS376 Human Factors in Defence and Security HFSY359 Fatigue Management	20 cu
FREE ELECTIVE	GSP100 General/Free Electives	30 cu (Students can use 30 cu to take a minor.)

This programme is suitable for those looking to join the WSH workforce to play a role in raising the work safety standards in Singapore, as well as WSH professionals wanting to further upgrade their knowledge and skills in WSH and in Human Factors.

Singapore aims to reduce workplace fatality rate to less than 1.0 per 100,000 workers by 2028. In order to achieve this target, it is important that all stakeholders in the workplace play a role in keeping the workplace safe and healthy for all workers and build a strong safety culture. It is important that companies adopt a strong professional stance in the management of the health and safety of their workers through knowledge development, upgrading and training of their safety professionals. Graduates may look forward a fulfilling career as a safety professional in many sectors including manufacturing, construction, healthcare, built environment, logistics and so on.

BSc Workplace Safety and Health