In response to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health program with a die 2018 start -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm most evoked about it ," told Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate curriculum lead in practise discipline." 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health hypothesis, program planning, parish state increase, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate platforms at SHU involves a multistage proposal process that will cover vetting by module across a number of penalizes , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer enunciated." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already present and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those necessities ."
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 class of public health and public health planneds outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer said .
Candidates for the alumnu program 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 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 evoked about improving parish state ," suggested 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 die .