In response to student challenge, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is contributing a master of public health planned with a sink 2018 launching -- and platform director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm excessively stimulated about it ," suggested Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and conductor of the undergraduate platform administrator in practice science." 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 utilization discipline or kinesiology, students seeking the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health theories, program planning, community health evolution, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and moralities, 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 graduate curricula at SHU concerns a multistage proposition process that will cover vetting by module across a number of disciplines , not all related to state sciences .
" The one question that is repeatedly expected is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer said." We look to see if there's a gap in what we already offering and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at crowding those demands ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' planned now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent enterprise recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit institutions of public health and public health platforms outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process shortly, Greer mentioned .
Candidates for the postgraduate 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 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 parish state ," read 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 sink .