In response to student involve, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is including a master of public health platform with a autumn 2018 opening -- and curriculum administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm most agitated about it ," did Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate platform director in utilization 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of activity discipline or kinesiology, students following the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health ideologies, program planning, parish state development, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu curricula at SHU commits a multistage proposal process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of methods , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly asked is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer did." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already offering and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those requirements ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program 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 schools of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer alleged .
Candidates for the graduate 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 position 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 evoked about improving community state ," replied 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 drop-off .