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HMS0001

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) course for 1st year students

Credits 0
Level Foundation courses, level I
Course start Autumn 2026
Duration 2 semesters
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Ålesund and Trondheim
Examination arrangement HSE - Aggregate score

About

About the course

Course content

The course provides:

  1. insight into health, environment, and safety; basic HSE knowledge, safety in the laboratory and in the field, as well as training in first aid and fire safety;
  2. insight into physical and mental health, support services for students, and financial planning; and
  3. an understanding of how life experiences influence in general and on interpersonal relationships.

Learning outcome

The course consists of three modules:

Module 1: HSE, Fire Safety, and First Aid

  • essential knowledge about health, safety, and environment (HSE) to ensure one’s own and others’ safety throughout the study period
  • understanding of the HSE concept, the goals of HSE work, and safe conduct in the laboratory and in the field
  • theoretical and practical basic training in first aid and fire safety
  • practice in responding correctly in situations involving fire or accidents

Module 2: Physical and Mental Health and Student Finances

  • insight into how to take care of one’s physical and mental health, and knowledge of the support services available to students
  • introduction to financial planning and the rights and entitlements students have

Module 3: Lived Experience and Interpersonal Relationships

  • insight into how life experiences influence physical and mental health, and knowledge of the services available to students
  • Insight into aggression, violence, and abuse, and which support services are available for students.
  • how to build good interpersonal relationships

Learning methods and activities

Module 1: HSE, Fire Safety, and First Aid (Start of Studies)

  • Safety lecture
  • Fire safety and first aid — theory and practical exercises
  • Digital multiple‑choice test

Module 2: Physical and Mental Health, and Student Finances (Autumn Semester)

  • Compulsory Lectures: Physical and mental health, and student finances
  • Digital multiple‑choice test

Module 3: Life Experiences and Interpersonal Relationships (Spring Semester)

  • Compulsory Lectures: Lived experience and interpersonal relationships
  • Digital multiple‑choice test

Compulsory assignments

  • Participation: Health, Safety, Fire Protection and First Aid
  • Multiple-choice test: Health, Safety, Fire Protection and First Aid
  • Participation: Physical and mental health
  • Multiple-choice test: Mental and Physical Health
  • Participation, Lived Experience, and Interpersonal Relationships
  • Multiple‑choice Test: Lived Experience and Interpersonal Relationships

Further on evaluation

Module 1: HSE, Fire Safety, and First Aid

  • Participation: HSE, fire safety, and first aid
  • Multiple‑choice test: HSE, fire safety, and first aid

Module 2: Physical and Mental Health; Lived Experience, Student Life and Future; Student Finances

  • Participation: Physical and mental health
  • Multiple‑choice test: Physical and mental health

Module 3: Lived Experience and Interpersonal Relationships

  • Participation: Lived Experience and Interpersonal Relationships
  • Multiple‑choice test: Lived Experience and Interpersonal Relationships

Additional Information:

To pass the course, all modules (sub‑assessments) must be passed.

In case of repetition, the sub‑assessments may be retaken individually.

If you have completed fire safety and first aid in HMS0002, it may replace the compulsory activity "Participation: HSE, fire safety, and first aid" in Module 1.

The assessment results in the course are valid for four semesters.

Course materials

Information will be given in the beginning of the semester.

Subject areas

  • Health, Environment and Safety
  • Biology
  • Engineering Subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Timetable

Timetable

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Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: HSE - Aggregate score
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Spring 2027

Module 1: Health, Safety, Fire Protection and First Aid
Weighting 1/3 Exam system Inspera Assessment
Module 2: Physical and Mental Health
Weighting 1/3 Exam system Inspera Assessment
Module 3: Lived Experience and Interpersonal Relationships
Weighting 1/3 Exam system Inspera Assessment

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