In have responded to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health program with a come 2018 open -- and curriculum director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm extremely agitated about it ," pronounced Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate program chairman 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 class to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercise discipline or kinesiology, students prosecuting the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health presumptions, program planning, society state increase, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health organisation 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 postgraduate planneds at SHU implies a multistage proposal process that includes vetting by faculty across a number of punishes , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly questioned is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer alleged." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already render and gauge whether enough parties are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those requires ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health programs outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer alleged .
Candidates for the postgraduate planned 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 highest 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 community state ," enunciated Greer. She estimated that the initial class will include 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this precipitate .