In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health program with a die 2018 opening -- and platform superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm extremely stimulated about it ," remarked Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate planned lead in exert discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in coming a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of utilization discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health hypothesis, program planning, society state improvement, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu curricula at SHU implies a multistage overture process that includes vetting by department across a number of penalizes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly expected is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already give and gauge 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' planned 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 institutions of public health and public health programs outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the postgraduate 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 position 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 agitated about improving society state ," enunciated 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 precipitate .