In response to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a descent 2018 opening -- and planned administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm terribly roused about it ," supposed Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate platform head in practice 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of use science or kinesiology, students pursuing the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, parish state growing, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate platforms at SHU concerns a multistage suggestion process that includes vetting by module across a number of subjects , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer supposed." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already furnish and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those involves ."
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 institutions of public health and public health programs outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer alleged .
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 grade 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 excited about improving society state ," did Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this sink .