In have responded to student challenge, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is adding a master of public health curriculum with a autumn 2018 launching -- and curriculum chairman Anna Greer couldn't be more satisfied .
" I'm most roused about it ," articulated Greer, an associate professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate platform chairman in activity 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 effort science or kinesiology, students seeking the undergraduate degree in public health will be introduced to public health possibilities, program planning, parish state evolution, concede writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state government and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit program can be completed in two years by full-time both students and is also open to part-time students .
Adding such grad curricula at SHU concerns a multistage overture process that includes vetting by module across a number of methods , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently invited is,' What is the need for a program ?'" Greer told." We look to see if there's a breach in what we already proposal and gauge whether enough people 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 busines recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health curricula outside institutions of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer told .
Candidates for the postgraduate platform 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 position 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 energized about improving parish state ," announced 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 .