In have responded to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health platform with a tumble 2018 open -- and platform administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm particularly stimulated about it ," answered Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate planned head in usage discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in getting a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of workout science or kinesiology, students following the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health hypothesis, program planning, parish state proliferation, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU implies a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of trains , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly expected is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer announced." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already proposal and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those necessitates ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 planneds outside class of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer said .
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 point 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 provoked about improving parish health ," articulated 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 tumble .
