In have responded to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health program with a dusk 2018 start -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm highly agitated about it ," pronounced Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate planned head in practice 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 exert discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health beliefs, program planning, society state progress, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad platforms at SHU involves a multistage project process that will cover vetting by module across a number of studies , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer mentioned." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already render and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those necessitates ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 institutions of public health and public health platforms outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer spoke .
Candidates for the postgraduate 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 point 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 provoked about improving society 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 member should be underway by this precipitate .