In response to student requirement, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health planned with a fail 2018 propel -- and planned head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm extremely elicited about it ," told Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate planned head in utilization 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 discipline or kinesiology, students prosecuting the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health hypothesis, program planning, parish health development, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu programs at SHU commits a multistage project process that includes vetting by module across a number of punishes , not all related to health sciences .
" The one question that is frequently expected is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer enunciated." We look to see if there's a divergence in what we already give and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent busines recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer articulated .
Candidates for the alumnu platform 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 gradation 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 aroused about improving society state ," 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 come .