Gerontology Certificate

(All colleges)

12 credits with at least three credits from the core and the remaining credits from the core, supportive courses, or other gerontology-related coursework approved by the Gerontology Steering Committee.

Core

Select three credits from the following:3
HED 473
Health Aspects of Aging
PSY 358
Adulthood
SOC 303
Generations and Age in the Social World
Total Credits3

Supportive courses

Select at least nine credits from the following:9
CST 336
Family Communication
CST 339
Communication and Aging
CST 354
Health Communication
ECO 350
Health Economics
ESS 443
Fitness Across the Lifespan
HED 320
The U.S. Health Care System
HED 473
Health Aspects of Aging (if not used in the core)
PHL 339
Medical Ethics
PSY 358
Adulthood (if not used in the core)
PSY 359
Aging and the Elderly
PSY/SOC 422
Death, Dying, and Bereavement
PSY 434
Clinical Neuropsychology
PUB 334
Health Policy
RTH 229
Diagnostic Groups in Recreational Therapy
RTH 445
Recreational Therapy for Older Adults
RTH 480
Leisure Education in Therapeutic Recreation
SOC 303
Generations and Age in the Social World (if not used in the core)
SOC 320
Demography
SOC 325
Sociology of Mental Illness
SOC 338
Sociological Aspects of Work and Life
SOC 420
Health Care and Illness
Total Credits9

The core courses focus on older adults. Supportive courses do not exclusively focus on older adults but support an improved understanding of older adults. The Gerontology Steering Committee will consider experimental courses, workshops, independent study, and for-credit field experience as part of the core when the course faculty affirm that the course focuses on the lives of older adults or as supportive courses when the course faculty describes how the course indirectly supports learning about the lives of older adults.