Utenos kolegija | Occupational Safety and Environmental Engineering

The group of study fields: Engineering
Field of study program: Environmental Engineering
Code of study program: 6531EX042
Type of study program: Undergraduate (college higher education) study programme
Cycle of study program: Professional Bachelor degree programme

Language of study program: Lithuanian, English, Russian
Credits and form of study program: 180 credits. Full-time studies - 3 years, part-time studies - 4 years.

Upon completion of Occupational Safety and Environmental Engineering study program, graduates receive Professional Bachelor Degree of Engineering.

A graduate can work in a variety of enterprises, not only in the positions that are environment-related or require engineering qualification, but also in the positions of work safety and health professionals, and a combination of these positions, e.g. in environment protection institutions, industry and transport companies, private environmental enterprises. A graduate can start own business. In the field of work safety, a graduate can work in private and state construction, industry and other manufacturing companies and institutions or organisations, work for safety training companies, work for safety consulting companies.

The main aim of the study programme is to train a specialist in work safety and environmental engineering who knows engineering sciences, meets the needs of the labour market, can think creatively, observe, evaluate and solve problems of work safety and environmental pollution, be interested in innovations of the technology science and to apply them to improve work safety, environmental protection and the quality of human life.

Graduates of the study programme achieve the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge, its application

1.1. Applies the regularities of general sciences to solve work safety and environmental engineering problems.

1.2. Applies the clean production principles and basic prevention measures in practice.

1.3. Has basic legal knowledge relevant to work and environmental safety.

Research skills

2.1. Is able to find legal, technical and scientific sources of information relevant to work safety and environmental engineering activities, to independently select/apply technological, organizational and methodological measures.

2.2. Is able to carry out the necessary research, process its data and conclude on work safety and environmental measures.

Special abilities

3.1. Is able to plan, organize, execute and evaluate work safety in the company.

3.2. Is able to solve environmental problems by choosing technologies that solve air, sewage, soil pollution and waste management problems.

Social skills

4.1. Is able to interact with the engineering community, environmental and work safety specialists and the public in solving work safety and the issues of environmental activity.

4.2. Is able to take responsibility for the quality of his/her own and his/her subordinates' work by following professional ethics and citizenship.

Personal skills

5.1. Is able to maintain professional competence through lifelong learning.

5.2. Is able to think creatively and critically, individually and as a team, in solving work safety and environmental challenges.

Full-time studies:

1 st years	1 semester				2 semester
	Subject		Credits		Subject	Credits
	Basics of Law		4		Professional Foreign Language	6
	Professional Language Culture		3		Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology	6
	Philosophy/Sociology		3		Information Technology and Engineering Computer Graphics	5
	Mathematics		6		Employee Safety Organization in a Company	6
	Environmental Physics		5		Fire Safety	4
	Fundamentals of Electrotechnics and Safety		4		Alternatively Selected Subjects	3
	Environmental Protection Policy and Law		5
2 nd years	3 semester			4 semester
	Subject	Credits		Subject		Credits
	Responsibilities and Rights of Employers and Employees	3		Waste Management Technology		5
	Civil and Radiation Safety	4		Management of Chemical Materials/Toxicology and Risk Assessment		5
	Safe Operation of Equipment	4		Environmental Monitoring and Physical Pollution		4
	Purification Technology of Gaseous Effluents	5		Soil Protection		4
	Purification Technology of Particulate Matters	5		Technological Practice		9
	Sewage Treatment Technology	5		Alternatively Selected Subjects		3
	Water Improvement Technology	4

3 rd years	5 semester		6 semester
	Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
	Renewable Energy Sources/ Clean Production	3	Fundamentals of Environmental Equipment Selection and Application	6
	Evaluation of Employee Safety and Health Measures	4	Project Management	3
	Environmental and Employee Safety and Health Management Systems	4	Final Practice	12
	Work Safety Document Management	4	Final thesis preparation and evaluation	9
	Alternatively Selected Subjects	3
	Basics of final thesis preparation	3

Part-time studies:

1 st years	1 semester			2 semester
	Subject	Credits		Subject		Kreditai
	Professional Foreign Language	6		Professional Language Culture		3
	Basics of Law	4		Environmental Physics		5
	Philosophy/Sociology	3		Environmental Protection Policy and Law		5
	Mathematics	6		Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology		6
	Civil and Radiation Safety,	4		Responsibilities and Rights of Employers and Employees		3
2 nd years	3 Subject				4 semester
	Subject		Credits		Subject	Credits
	Fundamentals of Electrotechnics and Safety		4		Safe Operation of Equipment	4
	Information Technology and Engineering Computer Graphics		5		Purification Technology of Gaseous Effluents	5
	Employee Safety Organization in a Company		6		Sewage Treatment Technology	5
	Fire Safety		4		Chemical Materials/Toxicology and Risk Assessment	5
	Alternatively Selected Subjects		3		Environmental Monitoring and Physical Pollution,	4

3 rd years	5 semester		6 semester
	Subject	Credits	Subject		Credits
	Wastewater treatment technologies	5	Renewable Energy Sources/Clean Production		3
	Water Improvement Technology	4	Environmental and Employee Safety and Health Management Systems		4
	Waste Management Technology	5	Work Safety Document Management		4
	Soil Protection	4	Technological Practice		9
	Environmental and Employee Safety and Health Management Systems	4	Alternatively Selected Subjects		3
4 th years	7 semester		8 semester
	Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
	Fundamentals of Environmental Equipment Selection and Application	6	Final Practice	12
	Eco-Business Planning and Organization	3	Final thesis preparation and evaluation	9
	Employee Safety Practice	9
	Alternatively Selected Subjects	3
	Basics of final thesis preparation	3

Freely chosen subject are selected according to The List of Freely Chosen Subjects and their descriptions.