In have responded to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health program with a drop-off 2018 launch -- and platform chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm unusually evoked about it ," added Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate platform superintendent in rehearsal 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 exert science or kinesiology, students seeking the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, parish health development, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu programs at SHU commits a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of punishes , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly expected is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already give and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those wants ."
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 institutions of public health and public health planneds outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer enunciated .
Candidates for the postgraduate platform 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 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 is fully committed to and roused about improving community health ," read 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 dusk .