In have responded to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is supplementing a master of public health platform with a autumn 2018 opening -- and curriculum director Anna Greer couldn't be more delighted .
" I'm excessively stimulated about it ," added Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and head of the undergraduate program lead in utilization 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 employ discipline or kinesiology, students engaging the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health speculations, program planning, parish health progress, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is too open to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU involves a multistage suggestion process that includes vetting by department across a number of self-disciplines , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is repeatedly requested is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer mentioned." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already furnish and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those requires ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 academies of public health and public health programs outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer remarked .
Candidates for the graduate 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 is fully committed to and elicited about improving community state ," did 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 descend .