In have responded to student demand, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health platform with a transgression 2018 opening -- and planned lead Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm terribly aroused about it ," did Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate platform administrator in exercising 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of employ science or kinesiology, students haunting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health theories, program planning, parish state progress, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state disposal and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU concerns a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by module across a number of restraints , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer said." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already present and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those motivations ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 institutions of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer articulated .
Candidates for the postgraduate program 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 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 committed to and aroused about improving community state ," alleged 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 twilight .