In response to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health planned with a descend 2018 launching -- and curriculum chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm extremely agitated about it ," supposed Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate planned director in use science." 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of utilization discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, community state proliferation, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu curricula at SHU concerns a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by module across a number of penalizes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer replied." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already proposal and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those wants ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 read .
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 evaluate 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 is fully committed to and evoked about improving parish state ," did Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this descend .