In response to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health platform with a die 2018 propel -- and planned head Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm excessively agitated about it ," did Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate curriculum head in use 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 employ discipline or kinesiology, students following the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, society state change, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad platforms at SHU concerns a multistage recommendation process that includes vetting by module across a number of penalizes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer replied." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those demands ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned 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 class of public health and public health programs outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer told .
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 point 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 parish state ," did 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 descend .