In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a twilight 2018 start -- and platform lead Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm extremely agitated about it ," responded Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate program director in use 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of practise science or kinesiology, students engaging the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, society health occurrence, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu planneds at SHU implies a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by module across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly expected is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer answered." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already offering and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those requires ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned 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 curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer read .
Candidates for the postgraduate program 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 is fully committed to and stimulated about improving society state ," told 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 dusk .