In have responded to student necessitate, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a twilight 2018 launch -- and curriculum director Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm excessively excited about it ," articulated Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate curriculum superintendent in rehearsal 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 exert science or kinesiology, students haunting the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, community state proliferation, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate programs at SHU concerns a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of self-restraints , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer did." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already offer and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those needs ."
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 schools of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer articulated .
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 score 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 roused about improving community health ," suggested 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 drop .