In have responded to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health program with a descend 2018 launching -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm particularly provoked about it ," replied Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate program administrator in exert science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in getting a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ discipline or kinesiology, students engaging the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health philosophies, program planning, society health proliferation, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu curricula at SHU involves a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by department across a number of self-restraints , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those necessities ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent busines recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health curricula outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer answered .
Candidates for the postgraduate planned 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 elicited about improving society health ," remarked 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 .