In have responded to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health program with a dusk 2018 open -- and platform conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm exceedingly elicited about it ," announced Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate program chairman in workout 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of rehearsal science or kinesiology, students following the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, community state growing, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate platforms at SHU involves a multistage proposal process that will cover vetting by module across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already offer and gauge whether enough parties 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 enterprise recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health planneds outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the grad program 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 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 roused about improving parish health ," mentioned Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this dusk .