In have responded to student necessitate, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health program with a fall 2018 start -- and planned superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm most evoked about it ," said Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate platform superintendent in rehearsal science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in get a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, society health change, award 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 also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate programs at SHU concerns a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by department across a number of trains , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer answered." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already render and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those motivations ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent busines recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health curricula outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer alleged .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 grade 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 stimulated about improving society health ," supposed 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 transgression .