In response to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health planned with a fail 2018 launch -- and planned chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm exceedingly elicited about it ," announced Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate program superintendent in effort 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of utilization discipline or kinesiology, students following the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, parish health evolution, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU concerns a multistage project process that includes vetting by department across a number of trains , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently asked is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer announced." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those necessaries ."
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 curricula outside class 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 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 is fully committed to and stimulated about improving society health ," spoke 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 autumn .