In have responded to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health platform with a autumn 2018 launch -- and curriculum lead Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm unusually excited about it ," pronounced Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate curriculum chairman in effort science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in getting a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort discipline or kinesiology, students following the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, community state evolution, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU commits a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by department across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already give and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those involves ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent enterprise recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer spoke .
Candidates for the postgraduate platform must have a bachelor's degree in any significant 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 higher 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 agitated about improving community health ," did Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this autumn .