In response to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health platform with a precipitate 2018 launch -- and platform head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm highly excited about it ," did Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate platform superintendent in practice 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 exercising science or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, society health developing, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate curricula at SHU involves a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by department across a number of restraints , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already present and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those involves ."
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 academies of public health and public health platforms outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer suggested .
Candidates for the postgraduate planned 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 grade 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 provoked about improving society health ," suggested 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 descent .