In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health curriculum with a come 2018 launch -- and planned superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm highly stimulated about it ," did Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate platform director in exercise 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of activity discipline or kinesiology, students following the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, community health exploitation, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU implies a multistage proposal process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of restraints , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer said." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already offering and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those involves ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer said .
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 position 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 state ," replied Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this sink .
