In have responded to student challenge, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health program with a die 2018 launching -- and planned director Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm highly roused about it ," replied Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate platform conductor in practise discipline." 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of activity discipline or kinesiology, students engaging the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, society health occurrence, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU concerns a multistage proposal process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of punishments , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer supposed." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those necessaries ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 schools of public health and public health platforms outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the postgraduate curriculum 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 committed to and energized about improving parish health ," read Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this tumble .