In response to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health platform with a transgression 2018 launching -- and platform conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm most provoked about it ," told Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate program superintendent in exert 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ science or kinesiology, students haunting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health theories, program planning, parish health proliferation, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu curricula at SHU implies a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by module across a number of penalties , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly questioned is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer spoke." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already give and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding 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 organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer answered .
Candidates for the postgraduate 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 grade 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 energized about improving parish health ," told 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 sink .