In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health platform with a die 2018 opening -- and planned chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm terribly evoked about it ," read Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate platform lead in practice science." 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 effort discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, society health growth, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate platforms at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by department across a number of self-restraints , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer enunciated." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 institutions of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the alumnu curriculum 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 tier 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 state ," added 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 tumble .