In response to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health program with a sink 2018 start -- and platform conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm terribly provoked about it ," announced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate curriculum conductor in practise discipline." 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise discipline or kinesiology, students engaging the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health philosophies, program planning, parish health change, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU concerns a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by module across a number of disciplines , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently asked is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer spoke." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already render and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those motives ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent busines recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health programs outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer did .
Candidates for the graduate 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 tier 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 elicited about improving society state ," told 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 descent .