In have responded to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health planned with a precipitate 2018 opening -- and platform head Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm extremely elicited about it ," enunciated Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate planned administrator in rehearsal discipline." 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, society state blooming, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate curricula at SHU commits a multistage suggestion process that will cover vetting by department across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already offering and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding 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 organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and public health planneds outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer said .
Candidates for the alumnu platform 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 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 agitated about improving parish health ," pronounced 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 die .