In have responded to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health curriculum with a dusk 2018 propel -- and curriculum superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm exceedingly energized about it ," announced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate curriculum director in exercising 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of use discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, parish health evolution, 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 likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate planneds at SHU commits a multistage recommendation process that includes vetting by department across a number of methods , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently expected is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer said." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those necessitates ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 schools of public health and public health platforms outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer remarked .
Candidates for the graduate program 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 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 committed to and excited about improving community state ," told 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 come .