In have responded to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health program with a precipitate 2018 launch -- and planned superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm excessively agitated about it ," enunciated Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate program director in exercising 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of activity science or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, society state progress, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad programs at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by department across a number of methods , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer pronounced." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those involves ."
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 planneds outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer announced .
Candidates for the grad 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 tier 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 aroused about improving society state ," pronounced Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this drop .