In response to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health program with a fall 2018 opening -- and planned superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm terribly evoked about it ," remarked Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate planned superintendent 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 activity discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, parish state change, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate planneds at SHU implies a multistage project process that will cover vetting by department across a number of restraints , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer pronounced." 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 demands ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer mentioned .
Candidates for the postgraduate 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 evaluate 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 evoked about improving parish state ," answered Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this tumble .