In have responded to student challenge, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health program with a transgression 2018 start -- and planned conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm highly agitated about it ," spoke Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum head in exercising science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other class to do so ."
In addition to the field of activity discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, community health blooming, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU concerns a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by department across a number of trains , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer alleged." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already give and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those demands ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health platforms outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the postgraduate planned must have a bachelor's degree in any major from a four-year accredited university with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Additionally, they must have earned a C point or highest in college-level pre-calculus, statistics and sociology or psychology .
" I want to build a program that facilitates the development of other qualified public health professionals committed to and energized about improving parish health ," remarked Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this transgression .