In have responded to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health planned with a tumble 2018 open -- and curriculum chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm extremely elicited about it ," remarked Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate platform administrator in practise science." 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 science or kinesiology, students seeking the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, community state exploitation, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU commits a multistage recommendation process that includes vetting by module across a number of self-restraints , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer told." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 academies of public health and public health platforms outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer enunciated .
Candidates for the grad program 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 gradation 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 evoked about improving parish state ," replied 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 twilight .