In have responded to student request, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health curriculum with a transgression 2018 launch -- and curriculum administrator Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm unusually agitated about it ," answered Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and lead of the undergraduate platform administrator in exercising science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in coming a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of activity discipline or kinesiology, students pursuing the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health thoughts, program planning, society state proliferation, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state organisation and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such grad planneds at SHU concerns a multistage project process that includes vetting by department across a number of trains , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer articulated." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already render and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those motivations ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned 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 programs outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer told .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 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 aroused about improving society health ," alleged 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 autumn .