In have responded to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health program with a fall 2018 opening -- and platform lead Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm unusually stimulated about it ," mentioned Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate curriculum superintendent in usage 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health philosophies, program planning, parish health progress, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate curricula at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by department across a number of disciplines , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer mentioned." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already present and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those involves ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 schools of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer mentioned .
Candidates for the alumnu program 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 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 is fully committed to and energized about improving community state ," added 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 die .