In have responded to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health program with a precipitate 2018 opening -- and program director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm exceedingly energized about it ," told Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate curriculum chairman 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 rehearsal discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, society health evolution, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and ethics, 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 alumnu programs at SHU concerns a multistage overture process that includes vetting by department across a number of studies , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already furnish and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 schools of public health and public health platforms outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer spoke .
Candidates for the graduate 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 position 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 elicited about improving parish health ," did 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 drop-off .