In response to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health platform with a die 2018 launching -- and program administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm highly agitated about it ," remarked Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate platform lead in practise discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in get a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise discipline or kinesiology, students following the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, community state exploitation, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU implies a multistage project process that includes vetting by department across a number of disciplines , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer added." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already offer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling 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 enterprise recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health programs outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer said .
Candidates for the postgraduate planned must have a bachelor's degree in any major from a four-year accredited university with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Additionally, they must have earned a C grade 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 roused about improving society state ," said 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 autumn .