In response to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health platform with a autumn 2018 open -- and planned director Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm terribly evoked about it ," read Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate program chairman in employ 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise science or kinesiology, students haunting the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, parish state occurrence, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate programs at SHU concerns a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of methods , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly invited is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer did." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already proposal and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those necessities ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health planneds outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer announced .
Candidates for the graduate program 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 gradation 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 aroused about improving parish health ," announced 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 fail .