U.S.C. Institute of Safety and Systems Management

The Institute of Safety and Systems Management at the University of Southern California operated from 1952 to 1992. It was the first academic degree program in the United States that offered degrees in safety, human factors, and systems management. It offered extensive coursework in aviation safety, and was the National Institute of Occupational and Safety and Health's (NIOSH) Educational Resource Center in Southern California from 1979 to 1992. A large number of I.S.S.M. graduate students were funded with NIOSH fellowships, a number were supported by military and aerospace companies (of which there were many in Southern California at the time). The Institute of Safety and Systems Management closed in 1997 after over forty years of operation as a result of a USC strategic study.