In response to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health curriculum with a dusk 2018 opening -- and curriculum lead Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm unusually energized about it ," said Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum chairman in practice 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise science or kinesiology, students pursuing the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, community state evolution, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate planneds at SHU concerns a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by department across a number of penalizes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly invited is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those necessitates ."
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 institutions of public health and public health platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer articulated .
Candidates for the grad curriculum 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 evaluate 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 is fully committed to and provoked about improving community state ," said 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 sink .