In response to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health curriculum with a twilight 2018 opening -- and program director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm particularly energized about it ," responded Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate platform director in usage science." 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 practise discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, parish state exploitation, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and morals, 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 curricula at SHU involves a multistage proposal process that includes vetting by module across a number of punishes , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer said." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent enterprise recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer answered .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 committed to and roused about improving parish state ," remarked 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 autumn .