Health Sciences

School of Occupational Therapy

Master of Occupational Health (M.OH) - Distance Mode

The Master of Occupational Health is offered by the School of Occupational Therapy. The current program can be found here, but for new students starting in 2010 this will be changed to the program described below.

The Master of Occupational Health is offered for distance mode study over a minimum of two years part-time (three years for a Masters with Honours)

Year 1 (part time)

This also constitutes the first year of the Master of Ergonomics, Safety and Health (M.ESH). That is, the two Masters courses share a common first year.
Students enrolled in either the M.OH or the M.ESH who successfully complete this first year and decide to discontinue their studies at that point will be awarded a Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health, Safety and Ergonomics.

The four subjects comprising the first year of the M.OH are:
HBS4/5WDH Work-related determinants of health
OCT4/5OHA OH&S principles and legislation
HBS4/5ERG Principles of work, workstation and plant design
OCT4/5OHC Screening and monitoring in OH&S

Year 2 (part-time)

The four subjects comprising this second year of the M.OH are:
OCT4/5OHE Professional Practice in the Workplace (or an equivalent unit)
HBS4/5RPP Workplace risk management& practice principles (taken also by M.ESH students)
OCT4/5OHF Graduate Research Skills
OCT2PRD Advanced Research (if accepted into the Honours program) OR an approved elective

In the middle of the year, students may apply for entry into an Honours program (entry based on academic merit), which requires an additional part-time year of study to graduate with an Honours degree – that is, M.OH (Hons)

Students who are not taking the Honours program will graduate at the end of this year with a Master of Occupational Health.

Year 3 (part-time) M. OH Honours Program

The two subjects comprising this final year of the M.OH (Hons) are:
OCT5MTA Minor Thesis in Occupational Health Part A
OCT5MTB Minor Thesis in Occupational Health Part B

Students who successfully complete this year will graduate with a M.OH (Hons).

Fees
In 2010, tuition fees for the above Masters program are expected to be $6,850 per part-time year (four subjects). That is: the cost is expected to be $1,712.50 per 15 credit point subject; $13,700 for the M.OH (two years, part-time – eight subjects); and $20,550 for the M.OH with Honours (three years part-time).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Answers to a large set of frequently asked questions are provided at www.latrobe.edu.au/ergonomics/FAQ_OHS.html.

Further details
Before contacting someone to ask questions, please read the information available via the above links – that is, the link to FAQs and the links to details of each the courses.

If after that you still have unanswered questions, please contact one of the following people.

For more information about enrolment or other administrative matters:
Margaret Amarant
Email: m.amarant@latrobe.edu.au;     Phone: +61 (0)3 9479 3973

For more information about content of the Master of Occupational Health, or about the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health, Safety & Ergonomics (except about subjects with an HBS code), contact:
Dr Marilyn Di Stefano
Email: m.distefano@latrobe.edu.au;   Phone: +61 (0)3 9479 5650

For more information about content of Graduate Certificate subjects with an HBS code, contact:
Jodi Oakman
Email: j.oakman@latrobe.edu.au;       Phone: +61 (0)3 9479 3235

Professional recognition

M.OH graduates will have completed all educational requirements for practice as a generalist OH&S professional. Depending on their choice of second year elective, they may also develop their expertise in areas of particular interest to them such as ergonomics, rehabilitation, or research methods.

Following graduation, full professional status requires completion of specified periods of supervised professional practice, prior to applying for certification as a generalist OHS professional.