In response to student necessitate, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health planned with a descent 2018 launching -- and curriculum chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm exceedingly agitated about it ," remarked Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate curriculum administrator in effort science." 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of practise science or kinesiology, students haunting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, parish health development, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad programs at SHU concerns a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by module across a number of penalties , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already proposal and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those needs ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 institutions of public health and public health programs outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer articulated .
Candidates for the alumnu curriculum 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 elicited about improving parish state ," remarked Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this transgression .