In have responded to student challenge, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a autumn 2018 open -- and platform director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm exceedingly stimulated about it ," enunciated Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate platform head in activity discipline." 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, community state exploitation, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad planneds at SHU commits a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of disciplines , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer mentioned." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already offer and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 planneds outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer announced .
Candidates for the grad program 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 point 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 elicited about improving parish state ," told 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 .