In have responded to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health planned with a transgression 2018 launch -- and platform superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm terribly agitated about it ," spoke Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate program lead in rehearsal science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in get a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of use science or kinesiology, students engaging the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, community state growth, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad platforms at SHU concerns a multistage proposal process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of penalizes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly questioned is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer alleged." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already give and gauge whether enough beings 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 bureau recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health curricula outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer enunciated .
Candidates for the grad planned 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 position 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 is fully committed to and elicited about improving parish state ," supposed 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 transgression .