In have responded to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health program with a fail 2018 open -- and curriculum superintendent Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm particularly aroused about it ," announced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate program head in practice science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of effort discipline or kinesiology, students following the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, society health developing, subsidy writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate programs at SHU involves a multistage project process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of subjects , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer announced." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already give and be determined whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those involves ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 tier 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 energized about improving society state ," mentioned 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 come .
