The Institute uses the following federal requirements in establishing its Institute procedures for administering all awards for research and other sponsored agreements: 1  OMB Uniform Guidance, Subpart E (Cost Principles) 2  Office of Management & Budget (OMB) A-21: Cost Principles for Educational Institutions.
Safety engineers develop policies to ensure safety of an environment, its customers and employees. They inspect equipment, environments and buildings to indentify areas that can potentially cause health and safety hazards.
The Master of Science in Safety Engineering is administered through the Mary Kay OâConnor Process Safety Center (MKOPSC) in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M. The objective of this program is to teach the principles and practices of safety engineering for leadership careers in industry. The prerequisite for the M.S. in Safety Engineering is a bachelorâs degree in engineering. As with all Master of Science degrees requiring a thesis, a minimum of 32 semester credit hours of approved courses and research is required. This program consists of 15 hours of required coursework.