In have responded to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health platform with a tumble 2018 launch -- and curriculum head Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm most roused about it ," announced Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate planned head in exert 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 employ science or kinesiology, students following the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, parish state progress, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such graduate curricula at SHU implies a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of methods , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer alleged." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already give and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those requires ."
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 class of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer mentioned .
Candidates for the alumnu curriculum 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 stimulated about improving community health ," added 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 precipitate .
