In have responded to student requisition, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health program with a dusk 2018 launching -- and platform conductor Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm most agitated about it ," added Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and superintendent of the undergraduate program superintendent in rehearsal discipline." 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 academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of use science or kinesiology, students following the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health theories, program planning, parish state development, concession writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and ethics, according to Greer. The 48 -credit platform can be completed in two years by full-time students and is likewise is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such alumnu programs at SHU implies a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently requested is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer replied." We look to see if there's a crack in what we already offering and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing 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 institutions of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer added .
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 evaluate 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 elicited about improving society health ," said 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 twilight .