In have responded to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health platform with a die 2018 propel -- and curriculum lead Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm unusually evoked about it ," spoke Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate planned 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 discipline or kinesiology, students following the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, parish health development, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU involves a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of penalties , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer read." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already offer and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those involves ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer supposed .
Candidates for the grad 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 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 committed to and agitated about improving parish health ," announced 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 autumn .