In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health program with a tumble 2018 launch -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm unusually elicited about it ," replied Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate program superintendent in workout science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, society state improvement, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu planneds at SHU implies a multistage proposal process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of methods , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer told." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already furnish and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those necessaries ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 academies of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the alumnu program 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 tier 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 stimulated about improving community state ," mentioned Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this descent .