In response to student challenge, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a drop 2018 launch -- and platform superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm unusually agitated about it ," remarked Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate program administrator in utilization 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercising science or kinesiology, students engaging the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, parish state growing, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by module across a number of methods , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer announced." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already furnish and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those requires ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health curricula outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer told .
Candidates for the alumnu platform 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 evaluate 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 committed to and aroused about improving community health ," added 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 sink .
