In have responded to student necessitate, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health planned with a come 2018 open -- and platform director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm exceedingly energized about it ," mentioned Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate curriculum conductor in exercise 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 rehearsal science or kinesiology, students engaging the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health theories, program planning, community state exploitation, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU implies a multistage recommendation process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of penalizes , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer spoke." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already give and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those hungers ."
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 class of public health and public health platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer enunciated .
Candidates for the graduate curriculum 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 aroused about improving society state ," read Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this drop .