In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health platform with a come 2018 opening -- and platform head Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm most energized about it ," answered Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate planned chairman in activity discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other class to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ discipline or kinesiology, students haunting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, parish health growing, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad programs at SHU implies a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by department across a number of methods , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already proposal and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those hungers ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer remarked .
Candidates for the grad program 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 grade 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 stimulated about improving society state ," replied Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this fall .