In have responded to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health program with a autumn 2018 launching -- and platform head Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm exceedingly elicited about it ," remarked Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate planned lead 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, community health improvement, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate programs at SHU involves a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of trains , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer pronounced." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already present and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned 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 programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer answered .
Candidates for the grad planned 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 point 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 roused about improving society state ," alleged 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 sink .