In response to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health planned with a die 2018 launch -- and program conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm excessively stimulated about it ," enunciated Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate planned chairman in exert science." 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 institutions to do so ."
In addition to the field of practice discipline or kinesiology, students prosecuting the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, community state blooming, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such grad platforms at SHU implies a multistage project process that includes vetting by module across a number of punishes , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly expected is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer alleged." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already render and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those needs ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer alleged .
Candidates for the graduate curriculum 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 point 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 is fully committed to and elicited about improving parish health ," told Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this descend .