In have responded to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health platform with a dusk 2018 launch -- and curriculum superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm most stimulated about it ," responded Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate curriculum conductor in usage science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in getting a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health theories, program planning, society health growing, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU involves a multistage proposal process that includes vetting by department across a number of punishes , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer suggested." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those needs ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 schools of public health and public health curricula outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer read .
Candidates for the grad 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 tier 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 evoked about improving society state ," alleged 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 .
