In response to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health curriculum with a tumble 2018 open -- and platform superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm most aroused about it ," spoke Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate platform superintendent in activity discipline." 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercising discipline or kinesiology, students haunting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health hypothesis, program planning, society health growing, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU commits a multistage project process that will cover vetting by department across a number of studies , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already give and gauge whether enough parties 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 agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer pronounced .
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 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 is fully committed to and agitated about improving society health ," answered 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 .