In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health platform with a drop 2018 start -- and curriculum head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm extremely aroused about it ," did Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate platform conductor in employ science." 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 exert science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, parish state change, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU commits a multistage suggestion process that will cover vetting by department across a number of studies , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer alleged." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already present and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling 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 organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health platforms outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer pronounced .
Candidates for the graduate planned 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 gradation 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 evoked about improving community state ," suggested 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 fail .