Curriculum standards

EVOLUTION OF JOINT ASSE AND BCSP BACCALAUREATE CURRICULUM STANDARDS... 

DO ASSE/BCSP CURRICULUM STANDARDS MATCH EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ... 

Just how well would graduates be prepared to enter the practice of safety if they fulfilled the course requirements of the ASSE/BCSP Curriculum Standards In making that judgment, one would have to consider the recent transitions in the responsibilities of safety professionals, the diversity of their roles, and the many specialties within the practice of safety. 

I have made a thorough re-study of the Curriculum Standards for Baccalaureate Degrees in Safety in light of the added responsibilities many safety practitioners now have. Because of the soundness of the basic requirements and the flexibility they provide for electives, they still provide an excellent foundation for the diverse needs of those entering the safety profession. The Standards are foundational and their content is very broad. They recognize the need to have several electives available in specialty flelds, and they also recognize that individual universities will have particular course requirements. 

Several outstanding safety professionals contributed to the development of the Curriculum Standards for Baccalaureate Degrees in Safety, and they... 

The purpose of the curriculum standards is to define the minimum academic requirements for entering the safety profession. To meet the ASSE/-BCSP accreditation requirements for a baccalaureate degree in safety, a college or university program must require not less than 120 semester hours (or equivalent) of study and meet a broad range of prescribed studies. They are briefly reviewed here. 

Next in the Curriculum Standards is a listing of Professional Core courses that are to develop the basic knowledge and skills required in the practice of safety. All of the following are required courses. 

Then, the captions Professional Electives and General Electives follow in the Curriculum Standards. Thirty-one possible elective subjects are Msted as examples, with the indication that the courses a school offers need not be Mmited to the listing. General electives are to fulfill the additional course hours required. 

Considering the recent transitions in the practice of safety and the breadth of present and probable future requirements, I believe that the Curriculum Standards for the Baccalaureate Degrees in Safety represent a sound course of study through which the needed academic knowledge can be acquired to prepare those who are to enter the practice of safety. 

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ASSE/BCSP BACCALAUREATE CURRICULUM STANDARDS AND THE BCSP CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS... 

ASSE and BCSP have also developed and published Curriculum Standards for Master s Degrees. A March 1994 publication. Joint Report No. 2, is... 

Curriculum Standards for Safety Engineering Master s Degrees and Safety Engineering Options in Other Engineering Master s Degrees, Joint Report No. 3. Des Plaines, IL American Society of Safety Engineers, and Savoy, IL Board of Certified Safety Professionals, 1994. 

Note the term a common body of knowledge. In the process of researching and writing Chapter 5, Academic and skill Requirements for the Practice of Safety, I concluded that the Curriculum Standards for Baccalaureate Degrees in Safety, jointly pubMshed by the Academic Accreditation Council of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, estabhsh a rigor of education that adequately prepares one to enter the safety profession. 

Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development [MEHRD]. (1992). The 6th Korea national curriculum standards in 1992. Seoul MEHRD. 

Ncss (2011) National curriculum standards for social studies introduction. Silver Spring, MD National Council for Social Studies, available at http //www. socialstudies.org/standards/introduction (accessed September 2012). 

---