In response to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health planned with a die 2018 launch -- and curriculum director Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm highly provoked about it ," spoke Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate planned superintendent in practise science." 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of exert science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, parish health progress, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU commits a multistage project process that will cover vetting by department across a number of penalizes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer suggested." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those motivations ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent bureau recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health planneds outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer told .
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 gradation 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 is fully committed to and roused about improving society health ," did 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-off .