In have responded to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health platform with a come 2018 launching -- and planned superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm extremely elicited about it ," suggested Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum administrator in practise 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 exercise discipline or kinesiology, students haunting the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, community health progress, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by module across a number of penalizes , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already present and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those involves ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health programs outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer pronounced .
Candidates for the graduate 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 evaluate 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 stimulated about improving society state ," told 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 drop-off .