In have responded to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health curriculum with a transgression 2018 propel -- and planned head Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm terribly evoked about it ," remarked Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate platform head in effort 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of utilization discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, community state improvement, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such graduate curricula at SHU concerns a multistage project process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those necessitates ."
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 institutions of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the grad 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 position 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 stimulated about improving community health ," 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 dusk .