Graduates of the Master’s Program in Occupational Health and Safety at Universidad de Las Américas are competent professionals with a global vision and a strong commitment to society. Graduates are prepared to manage occupational health and safety in accordance with organizational requirements and applicable legal obligations.
Furthermore, graduates plan and propose targeted interventions to improve working conditions by preventing occupational accidents and diseases and promoting employee health and well-being. Graduates analyze workplaces to identify occupational health and safety risk factors and assess their potential impact on workers. Based on this analysis, graduates design measures to prevent, mitigate, or eliminate exposure to these risks. In addition, graduates develop occupational safety and health management systems aligned with current regulations, applying standards and evaluating the feasibility of their implementation.
Ultimately, graduates are expected to address the challenges of their professional field with confidence, acting with strong ethical values, honesty, teamwork, and social responsibility. Graduates formulate solutions to improve workplace environments, contribute to organizational productivity, and generate a positive impact in both business and society.
Demographic Data - provides information about student enrollment disaggregated by gender and ethnicity, offering insight into the demographic diversity within the program.
Student Completion - provides information about graduation rates and graduation rates disaggregated by gender calculated through the 2021–2022 academic year, based on cohorts of new, first-time students, regardless of enrollment in the program's daytime or evening instructional delivery (if applicable).
All programs utilize the Brightspace platform to collect and assess student work and to compile data and evidence of student achievement. The resulting outcomes and their analysis, which focus on identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent assessment period for each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) is indicated, along with the percentage representing the level of achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, based on the rubric used to evaluate student work.
Note: Multiple descriptions per PLO code reflect updates over time. All versions are shown to support historical and comparative analysis.