In have responded to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health curriculum with a fail 2018 start -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm highly excited about it ," announced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate platform head in rehearsal 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 usage discipline or kinesiology, students following the master's degree in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, parish health proliferation, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU involves a multistage recommendation process that will cover vetting by department across a number of penalizes , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently expected is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer did." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already offer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those needs ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent bureau recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer announced .
Candidates for the alumnu platform 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 gradation 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 is fully committed to and provoked about improving parish state ," supposed Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this precipitate .