In response to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health program with a descend 2018 launch -- and platform administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm exceedingly stimulated about it ," alleged Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate program chairman in utilization discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in coming a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of usage science or kinesiology, students following the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health philosophies, program planning, society state progress, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU commits a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by module across a number of methods , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already render and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those desires ."
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 institutions of public health and public health programs outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer mentioned .
Candidates for the postgraduate platform 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 evaluate 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 evoked about improving society health ," read Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this dusk .
