In have responded to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health platform with a drop-off 2018 launching -- and platform chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm highly roused about it ," announced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate curriculum chairman in rehearsal 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 utilization science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, parish state growing, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate programs at SHU implies a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by module across a number of self-restraints , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer replied." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 institutions of public health and public health platforms outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the postgraduate platform 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 point 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 committed to and provoked about improving community state ," answered 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 precipitate .