In response to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health platform with a come 2018 open -- and platform conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm unusually roused about it ," said Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate planned chairman in utilization 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort science or kinesiology, students following the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health beliefs, program planning, society state growing, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate programs at SHU concerns 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 frequently invited is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer announced." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already render and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those hungers ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned 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 schools of public health and public health programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer pronounced .
Candidates for the postgraduate platform 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 committed to and aroused about improving community health ," told 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 .