In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health planned with a drop 2018 propel -- and platform administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm terribly evoked about it ," enunciated Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate planned superintendent in activity science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of use discipline or kinesiology, students engaging the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, community health development, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate programs at SHU commits a multistage project process that will cover vetting by department across a number of punishes , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer pronounced." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already furnish and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those hungers ."
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 schools of public health and public health platforms outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer announced .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 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 committed to and provoked about improving community health ," suggested 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 sink .