Gerontology, C.A.S.

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This certificate program provides students with a basic interdisciplinary background in gerontology coupled with a related field placement. The certificate is tailored to individual students’ needs, interests, and experience. This 21-semester hour program (18 semester hours of courses and 3 semester hours in a field placement) may be taken as a separate certificate, in conjunction with a degree program or as a separate specialization for persons not currently matriculated for a degree.

Program Requirements - Semester Hours: 21

Required Courses - Semester Hours: 9

ANTH 215 - Introduction to Gerontology: Aging in American Life Semester Hours: 3
or
GRON 255 - Aging in American Life Semester Hours: 3
GRON 244 - Aging, Public Policy and the Law Semester Hours: 3
HADM 232 - Health and Aging Semester Hours: 3

Electives, Under Advisement - Semester Hours: 9

APS 245 - Legal Aspects of Managing Healthcare Programs for the Aging Semester Hours: 3
CAT 249 - Therapeutic Art for the Elderly Semester Hours: 3
COUN 203 - Introduction to Counseling Semester Hours: 3
COUN 225 - Counseling for Death, Dying and Bereavement Semester Hours: 3
COUN 237 - Counseling Families of the Elderly Semester Hours: 3
COUN 244 - Interviewing and Therapeutic Counseling With the Aging Semester Hours: 3
GBUS 220 - Applied Business Principles and Aging Semester Hours: 3
GRON 211 - Aging With Developmental Disabilities Semester Hours: 3
GRON 248 - Life-Long Learning for the Aging Semester Hours: 3
GRON 250 - Elder Abuse: Etiologies, Detection and Interventions Semester Hours: 3
HADM 233 - Aging Policies, Planning and Administration for the Aging Semester Hours: 3
PSY 263 - Current Theory and Research in Psychology of Aging Semester Hours: 3
or
GRON 263 - Current Theory and Research in Psychology of Aging Semester Hours: 3
PSY 264 - Aging and Human Behavior Semester Hours: 3

Internship (with advisement) - Semester Hours: 3

Choose one course from the following:

GRON 294 - Administrative Internship Semester Hours: 3
COUN 294 - Internship: Counseling Semester Hours: 3

Graduation Requirements

Completion of all program requirements.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 in overall graduate course work.

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