In response to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health program with a come 2018 open -- and planned chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm highly stimulated about it ," responded Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate curriculum chairman in exercise 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 activity discipline or kinesiology, students prosecuting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, parish health development, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU concerns a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by department across a number of self-restraints , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already furnish 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' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent busines recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer added .
Candidates for the grad program 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 grade 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 aroused about improving parish health ," read Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this come .