In response to student necessitate, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health platform with a precipitate 2018 opening -- and program chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm excessively energized about it ," suggested Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate planned administrator in utilization 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of workout science or kinesiology, students following the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, parish state blooming, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad planneds at SHU involves a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by department across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already present and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those necessitates ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 schools of public health and public health programs outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the alumnu planned 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 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 roused about improving community state ," replied 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 drop .