In response to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health curriculum with a fall 2018 open -- and planned administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm unusually provoked about it ," did Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum lead in activity 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort discipline or kinesiology, students following the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, society state progress, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU implies a multistage suggestion process that includes vetting by module across a number of restraints , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer did." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already offer and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those motives ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer mentioned .
Candidates for the graduate curriculum 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 roused about improving parish health ," articulated 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 tumble .