In have responded to student require, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health planned with a fall 2018 opening -- and planned head Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm highly elicited about it ," supposed Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate planned chairman in utilization science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other academies to do so ."
In addition to the field of exercising discipline or kinesiology, students haunting the "masters degree" in public health will be introduced to public health conjectures, program planning, society health progress, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and morals, according to Greer. The 48 -credit planned can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such postgraduate planneds at SHU involves a multistage project process that will cover vetting by module across a number of disciplines , not all related to state disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently expected is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer remarked." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already render and gauge whether enough beings are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those wants ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' curriculum 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 class of public health and public health programs outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer announced .
Candidates for the alumnu 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 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 committed to and excited about improving community health ," told 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 die .