In response to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a die 2018 propel -- and planned lead Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm most stimulated about it ," read Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate program chairman 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort science or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, society state evolution, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate platforms at SHU commits a multistage overture process that includes vetting by module across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer pronounced." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already offer and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those desires ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 academies of public health and public health platforms outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer mentioned .
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 grade 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 provoked about improving parish state ," spoke Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this come .