In have responded to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health planned with a transgression 2018 opening -- and planned head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm particularly excited about it ," supposed Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate curriculum head in exercising discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, society state exploitation, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate programs at SHU involves a multistage proposal process that includes vetting by department across a number of subjects , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer suggested." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already furnish and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those necessitates ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned 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 academies of public health and public health platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer told .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 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 agitated about improving community state ," announced 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 tumble .
