In response to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a descend 2018 launching -- and planned conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm highly excited about it ," remarked Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate curriculum head in practise 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise science or kinesiology, students haunting the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health beliefs, program planning, society state improvement, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU commits a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by module across a number of subjects , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently asked is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer told." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those hungers ."
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 institutions of public health and public health programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the grad planned 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 score 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 stimulated about improving society health ," read 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 drop-off .
