Undergraduate engineering degree programs in the United States as well as some other countries are accredited with reference to general criteria (which must be met by programs in all engineering disciplines) and program-specific criteria (which apply to a single engineering discipline (e.g., chemical engineering, mechanical engineering). Language pertaining to health, safety and environmental protection as a part of the student educational outcomes is found in the general accreditation criteria, historically (i.e., ABET?s Criteria 2000) in section 3c. Recently, these general criteria have been substantially restructured, and the current criteria were approved in October 2017, with mandatory use beginning in the 2019-2020 accreditation cycle. This paper examines the impact of these accreditation criteria changes on the opportunities for infusing system safety philosopy and techniques into engineering curricula, and identifies opportunities for practicing system safety engineers to contribute to the improvement of engineering curricula.
