In response to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health planned with a twilight 2018 propel -- and planned superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm terribly roused about it ," said Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate planned administrator in use science." 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 workout science or kinesiology, students engaging the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, community health evolution, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and moralities, 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 postgraduate platforms at SHU involves a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by module across a number of penalties , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer mentioned." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already render and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those needs ."
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 academies of public health and public health planneds outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer responded .
Candidates for the graduate 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 committed to and evoked about improving parish health ," mentioned 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 descend .