In have responded to student necessitate, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health curriculum with a twilight 2018 opening -- and planned chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm most excited about it ," supposed Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate curriculum lead in employ discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in coming a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other class to do so ."
In addition to the field of rehearsal discipline or kinesiology, students prosecuting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health beliefs, program planning, parish state improvement, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu planneds at SHU implies a multistage proposal process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of penalties , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer answered." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already present and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those necessitates ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent authority 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 abruptly, Greer responded .
Candidates for the graduate platform 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 position 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 provoked 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 member should be underway by this die .