In have responded to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health platform with a descend 2018 start -- and curriculum conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm extremely elicited about it ," suggested Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate curriculum director in use science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in coming a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of use science or kinesiology, students engaging the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, society health proliferation, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad platforms at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by module across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer replied." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already render and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent bureau recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and public health curricula outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the graduate curriculum 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 score 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 evoked about improving parish health ," responded 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 fall .