In response to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health curriculum with a tumble 2018 start -- and program chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm most energized about it ," enunciated Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate curriculum lead in usage discipline." 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 discipline or kinesiology, students haunting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, parish health proliferation, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU implies a multistage suggestion process that will cover vetting by department across a number of restraints , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently questioned is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already present and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those desires ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer pronounced .
Candidates for the postgraduate 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 tier 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 committed to and energized about improving community health ," replied Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this come .