In have responded to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health platform with a die 2018 opening -- and planned director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm unusually excited about it ," spoke Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum head in usage science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in getting a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of workout discipline or kinesiology, students haunting the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health philosophies, program planning, community state proliferation, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu programs at SHU implies a multistage suggestion process that will cover vetting by module across a number of disciplines , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already render and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those necessaries ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 class of public health and public health platforms outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer remarked .
Candidates for the graduate 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 gradation 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 excited about improving parish state ," answered Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this sink .