In have responded to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health platform with a drop 2018 launching -- and planned conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm highly roused about it ," enunciated Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate curriculum director in workout discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in coming a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of practice discipline or kinesiology, students following the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, community state progress, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu programs at SHU implies a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by department across a number of methods , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer told." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already offering and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those needs ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent enterprise recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health programs outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer articulated .
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 committed to and energized about improving community state ," pronounced 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 .