In response to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health program with a tumble 2018 open -- and platform chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm unusually roused about it ," mentioned Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate curriculum chairman in practice discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of workout discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, society state proliferation, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU implies a multistage suggestion process that will cover vetting by department across a number of punishes , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer told." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already offer and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those demands ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 platforms outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer articulated .
Candidates for the postgraduate 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 gradation or highest 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 ," responded 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 .
