In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a drop 2018 start -- and platform conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm particularly evoked about it ," said Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum administrator in practise 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 exercise science or kinesiology, students engaging the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, society health improvement, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate platforms at SHU concerns a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of self-restraints , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer enunciated." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already give and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the alumnu program 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 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 community health ," articulated 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 drop .