In have responded to student challenge, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health planned with a come 2018 propel -- and curriculum conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm excessively stimulated about it ," read Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate planned director in exercise 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of use discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, society state evolution, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such grad programs at SHU involves a multistage project process that includes vetting by module across a number of trains , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer added." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already offer and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those hungers ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform 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 academies of public health and public health curricula outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the graduate 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 tier 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 evoked about improving society health ," announced 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 come .
