In have responded to student expect, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is lending a master of public health program with a drop-off 2018 start -- and curriculum director Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm extremely aroused about it ," pronounced Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate program superintendent in practise 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 activity discipline or kinesiology, students following the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health assumptions, program planning, parish state occurrence, gift writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is likewise open to part-time students .
Adding such grad programs at SHU commits a multistage proposition process that includes vetting by department across a number of punishes , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly expected is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer read." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already render and be determined whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at filling those calls ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' program now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent bureau recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health curricula outside schools of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer pronounced .
Candidates for the graduate program 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 gradation 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 roused 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 members should be underway by this drop-off .