In have responded to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health planned with a descend 2018 propel -- and platform head Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm unusually provoked about it ," alleged Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate program lead in rehearsal science." 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of practice science or kinesiology, students following the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, community state growth, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu curricula at SHU concerns a multistage recommendation process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of trains , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer told." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already give and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those involves ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent enterprise recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer did .
Candidates for the postgraduate program 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 gradation 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 elicited about improving parish health ," did Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this come .
