In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health platform with a fall 2018 launching -- and platform lead Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm exceedingly agitated about it ," remarked Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate curriculum superintendent in practice 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 exercising science or kinesiology, students pursuing the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, parish state blooming, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu planneds at SHU involves a multistage recommendation process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of penalizes , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer read." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already give and be determined 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' curriculum now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent enterprise recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health curricula outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer remarked .
Candidates for the grad 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 stimulated about improving community health ," enunciated 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 autumn .