In response to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health platform with a sink 2018 opening -- and curriculum head Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm exceedingly evoked about it ," spoke Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate planned superintendent in practice 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort discipline or kinesiology, students engaging the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, community health improvement, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate programs at SHU commits a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by department across a number of punishes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer did." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already offer and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those necessities ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent busines recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and public health planneds outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer pronounced .
Candidates for the graduate planned 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 position 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 roused about improving community health ," responded 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 .