In have responded to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health planned with a sink 2018 launch -- and curriculum chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm highly elicited about it ," read Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate curriculum director in workout science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in coming a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of utilization science or kinesiology, students haunting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health theories, program planning, community health improvement, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate programs at SHU implies a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by module across a number of subjects , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently expected is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer replied." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already render and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent bureau recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and public health platforms outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer responded .
Candidates for the postgraduate program 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 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 is fully committed to and agitated about improving community health ," articulated Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this descend .