In response to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health platform with a die 2018 open -- and platform superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm unusually roused about it ," mentioned Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate platform head in practise discipline." 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise science or kinesiology, students engaging the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, society health growth, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of disciplines , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer mentioned." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already proposal and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those necessaries ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health programs outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer alleged .
Candidates for the graduate platform 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 higher 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 elicited about improving community state ," 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 fail .