Gerontology Concentration

Schedule of Classes

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

Information

The gerontology concentration is a multidisciplinary approach designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge about the aging process and the skills needed to work with older adult as well as understand the psychological, social, economic and health/medical issues that older adults face. Students will be prepared for direct service roles with seniors and their caregivers in nursing homes, geriatric health and mental health centers, hospice, hospitals and long-term-care facilities, multipurpose senior centers, senior citizen social services, and retirement communities.

1. Required core courses

• SW 3312 - Death and Dying (4)
• SOC 3210 - Sociological Perspectives on Aging (4)
• PSY 3230 - Adulthood and Aging (4) (SOC 2010 substituted for published course prerequisite for students with a declared a concentration in gerontology)
• SOC 3430 - Sociology of Health and Medicine (4)

2. Three elective courses selected from

• AN 3220 - Medical Anthropology (4)
• CRJ 3360 - Crime and the Life Course (4)
• SW/SOC/PSY/AN/CRJ special topic course in aging (must be reviewed and approved by a faculty adviser)
• PHL 3500 - Clinical Ethics (4)
• PS 3340 - Public Policy and Health Care (4)
• PSY 2250 - Introduction to Life-Span Developmental Psychology (4)
• PSY 4979 - Seminar: Resilient Aging (4)
• SW 2301 - Introduction to Social Work (4)
• SW 3201 - Human Behavior and Social Environment ll (4)
• SW 3302 - Social Welfare Policies (4)