In response to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health curriculum with a fall 2018 launch -- and program lead Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm excessively aroused about it ," pronounced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate program lead in workout 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of usage science or kinesiology, students haunting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health hypothesis, program planning, parish health blooming, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU implies a multistage project process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of methods , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already present and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those requires ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health planneds outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer answered .
Candidates for the grad platform 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 grade 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 agitated about improving community health ," 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 dusk .