In have responded to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health planned with a fail 2018 open -- and platform head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm particularly roused about it ," remarked Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate curriculum administrator in utilization science." 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 utilization science or kinesiology, students following the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, society health development, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate planneds at SHU involves a multistage project process that includes vetting by module across a number of self-restraints , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer pronounced." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already offer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those motivations ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 class of public health and public health curricula outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer alleged .
Candidates for the alumnu curriculum 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 aroused about improving community health ," supposed 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 fall .