In response to student necessitate, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health platform with a drop-off 2018 opening -- and planned lead Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm most aroused about it ," spoke Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate planned head in practise discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in get a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health philosophies, program planning, parish health exploitation, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU concerns a multistage project process that will cover vetting by module across a number of studies , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer answered." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already offer and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health platforms outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer suggested .
Candidates for the alumnu planned 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 evaluate 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 roused about improving community state ," remarked 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 .