In have responded to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health program with a twilight 2018 launch -- and program head Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm excessively roused about it ," announced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and administrator of the undergraduate program lead in utilization 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of workout science or kinesiology, students seeking the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, society health exploitation, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu platforms at SHU implies a multistage overture process that includes vetting by department across a number of studies , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer responded." We look to see if there's a chink in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent organization 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 abruptly, Greer enunciated .
Candidates for the grad curriculum 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 score 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 evoked about improving parish state ," pronounced 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 fall .
