In have responded to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health program with a tumble 2018 propel -- and program administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm particularly aroused about it ," supposed Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate platform head in usage 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of workout science or kinesiology, students haunting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, parish health growth, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu platforms at SHU commits a multistage proposal process that includes vetting by department across a number of penalties , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding 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 bureau recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer enunciated .
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 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 is fully committed to and agitated about improving society 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 member should be underway by this dusk .