In response to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health program with a twilight 2018 launch -- and planned director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm most evoked about it ," supposed Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate program superintendent in workout discipline." 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of activity science or kinesiology, students seeking the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, community health occurrence, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU concerns a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of subjects , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already render and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned 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 institutions of public health and public health programs outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer added .
Candidates for the graduate 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 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 community state ," spoke 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 tumble .