Gerontology

Minor in Gerontology

The Program

The Gerontology program offers the Career-oriented Minor/Certificate Program in Gerontology. It is intended to enhance the career preparation of matriculated undergraduate students by supplementing study in their major fields and of non-matriculated students by building on previous education, employment, and life experience. The program facilitates student learning of gerontology from a multidisciplinary perspective, introduces students to the strengths and limitations of theories of successful aging and of the status of the elderly in society, and to the social research methods used by gerontologists. It also encourages students to assess the societal response to aging (i.e., legislation, policies, programs) and to consider their own role in the aging network. Finally, it promotes in students both an ethical stance regarding health care and the acquisition of appropriate and effective basic intervention skills.

Requirements

• PSY 211      Aging and the Individual 
• SOC 281     Sociology of Aging 
• GERO 321   The Aging Network: Policies, Programs, Procedures 
• GERO 341   Intervention with the Elderly 
• PHIL 331    Ethics in Health Care 
• GERO 411   Field Placement in Gerontology

It is possible to complete all six courses within two academic years. All classes are held at night.

All students should meet with the Coordinator prior to registering for the Gerontology Program. It is recommended that Women’s College students begin the minor in the fall of their sophomore year, but it is possible to begin in the fall of their junior year. Continuing Studies students are advised to discuss their plans for completing the program with the Coordinator.

Certificate in Gerontology

Requirements

• PSY 211     Aging and the Individual 
• SOC 281    Sociology of Aging 
• GERO 321  The Aging Network: Policies, Programs, Procedures 
• GERO 341  Intervention with the Elderly 
• PHIL 331   Ethics in Health Care 
• GERO 411  Field Placement in Gerontology

It is possible to complete all six courses within two academic years. All classes are held at night.

All students should meet with the Coordinator prior to registering for the Gerontology Program. It is recommended that Women’s College students begin the minor in the fall of their sophomore year, but it is possible to begin in the fall of their junior year. Continuing Studies students are advised to discuss their plans for completing the program with the Coordinator.