In have responded to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health program with a drop-off 2018 launching -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm unusually excited about it ," enunciated Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate platform lead in exercise discipline." We have a growing number of students who are interested in getting a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of workout discipline or kinesiology, students following the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, community state blooming, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU implies a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of methods , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already give and be determined whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those motivations ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit class of public health and public health curricula outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer told .
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 evaluate 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 roused about improving parish health ," read 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 twilight .