Printer FriendlyJob Stress & Healthy Job Redesign
Department of Work Environment
Dr. Robert Karasek, 978-934-3274
robert_karasek@uml.edu
The certificate program is designed to train students and professionals to both identify social and psychological job-related stressors and to learn strategies to reduce the work environment causes of these stress hazards - both to reduce the escalating magnitude of stress-related problems and illnesses and to improve organizational effectiveness. Identification of hazards builds on a multi-disciplinary understanding of the stress development process at the workplace. Prevention techniques include monitoring and communication strategies, training, and redesign of the organizational and technical aspects of work processes.
Three Required Courses:
19.542 Human Factors (Psychosocial Job Stress Hazards)
Either: 47.502 Work and Family Roles in Adulthood
or 19.500 Introduction to Work Environment
19.643 Healthy Work Organization Design
Plus one elective chosen from the following:
19.638 Methods in Work Analysis
19.654 Labor and Technology
47.502 Workplace Diversity
47.513 Helping Skills II (Group Dynamics)