In response to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health platform with a tumble 2018 start -- and curriculum chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm extremely energized about it ," announced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and director of the undergraduate platform chairman in exert 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 schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercising science or kinesiology, students haunting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, parish state proliferation, award writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health disposal and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate platforms at SHU implies a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by department across a number of studies , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer did." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already volunteer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding 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 agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health platforms outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer replied .
Candidates for the postgraduate program must have a bachelor's degree in any major 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 is fully committed to and excited about improving society state ," supposed 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 dusk .