In have responded to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health platform with a precipitate 2018 propel -- and platform superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm excessively stimulated about it ," answered Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate program chairman in activity science." 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of practice science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health philosophies, program planning, community health proliferation, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU implies a multistage recommendation process that includes vetting by module across a number of disciplines , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already offering and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those demands ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 schools of public health and public health planneds outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the grad planned 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 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 roused about improving society state ," alleged 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 descend .