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The primary objective for occupational and environmental health experts is safeguarding individuals from potential health risks posed by environmental dangers like lead exposure or air contamination. Purdue's Occupational and Environmental Health Science (OEHS) graduate program, with its focus on industrial hygiene, provides both Master of Science (MS) and PhD degree options. Our purpose is to equip graduates for careers as practitioners, innovators, and investigators in industrial hygiene and associated areas. You'll develop into an exceptional scientist capable of shielding employees, households, and populations from dangerous environmental substances. Our MS curriculum holds industrial hygiene accreditation from ABET's Applied Science Accreditation Commission. Distinctively, we're the sole U.S. program with ABET accreditation in industrial hygiene at both bachelor's and master's degree levels. Our MS and PhD curricula train students to become skilled, principled industrial hygiene practitioners who utilize scientific methods to defend workers against harmful environmental factors and job-related pressures. Numerous graduate program applicants hold bachelor's degrees in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, industrial hygiene, environmental health science, or similar fields.