In have responded to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health planned with a fail 2018 opening -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm particularly agitated about it ," remarked Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate planned head in workout discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in getting a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other class to do so ."
In addition to the field of utilization science or kinesiology, students following the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, community state growth, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad programs at SHU implies a multistage proposal process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of punishments , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already furnish and gauge 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' platform 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 planneds outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer read .
Candidates for the alumnu platform 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 committed to and aroused about improving community health ," remarked 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 dusk .