In response to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health curriculum with a autumn 2018 launch -- and curriculum director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm excessively energized about it ," replied Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate planned head in employ discipline." 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of usage science or kinesiology, students haunting the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health hypothesis, program planning, society state blooming, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU implies a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of penalizes , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer read." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already present and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer suggested .
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 grade 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 ," told 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 descent .