In response to student challenge, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health planned with a twilight 2018 start -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm exceedingly elicited about it ," suggested Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate curriculum administrator in usage discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in coming a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other class to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, society health increase, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation 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 grad platforms at SHU commits a multistage suggestion process that includes vetting by module across a number of penalizes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer supposed." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already furnish and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health curricula outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer told .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 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 is fully committed to and provoked about improving society state ," articulated Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this descend .