In response to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health platform with a die 2018 launching -- and platform conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm unusually roused about it ," did Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum superintendent in employ 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 exercise discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, community state blooming, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu platforms at SHU commits a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by department across a number of methods , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer enunciated." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent bureau recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health programs outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 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 aroused about improving community state ," pronounced 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 drop .