In response to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health planned with a fail 2018 open -- and program superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm particularly roused about it ," told Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate platform administrator in utilization discipline." 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 use science or kinesiology, students pursuing the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, society state blooming, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu curricula at SHU concerns a multistage overture process that includes vetting by department across a number of methods , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer said." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already volunteer and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those motives ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer alleged .
Candidates for the alumnu program 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 score 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 provoked 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 .