In have responded to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health curriculum with a sink 2018 open -- and curriculum lead Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm particularly provoked about it ," supposed Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate platform conductor 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of practice discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, community health developing, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad programs at SHU implies a multistage suggestion process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of self-restraints , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer did." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already offering and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those involves ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 academies of public health and public health platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer alleged .
Candidates for the alumnu program 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 score 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 evoked about improving community health ," remarked 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 autumn .