In have responded to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health planned with a precipitate 2018 launch -- and planned head Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm extremely evoked about it ," told Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate program head in utilization science." 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 effort discipline or kinesiology, students prosecuting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, society health developing, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such grad planneds at SHU implies a multistage proposal process that will cover vetting by faculty across a number of disciplines , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is frequently questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer suggested." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already proposal and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those motives ."
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 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 added .
Candidates for the grad 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 grade 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 committed to and excited about improving parish state ," alleged Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty member should be underway by this die .