In have responded to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health program with a tumble 2018 open -- and platform superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm most elicited about it ," supposed Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate program head in exercise discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in get a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of usage science or kinesiology, students seeking the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, parish health change, award 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 likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate platforms at SHU commits a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by module across a number of penalties , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer responded." 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 demands ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent busines recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and public health planneds outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer said .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 gradation 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 society health ," told Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this descent .