In response to student necessitate, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health curriculum with a fall 2018 opening -- and planned lead Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm excessively evoked about it ," articulated Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate planned chairman in utilization discipline." 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 use discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, community health blooming, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such graduate curricula at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of studies , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer added." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already give and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those desires ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer announced .
Candidates for the alumnu curriculum 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 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 excited about improving parish health ," added Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this descent .