Gerontology — Graduate Certificate in Gerontology

The Graduate Certificate in Gerontology is designed to provide students with a broad overview of issues in gerontology. Students enrolled in the certificate program must complete five substantive three-credit courses in gerontology. These may be chosen from among foundation courses, advanced policy courses, and elective courses. In every case, students must satisfy all course prerequisites before enrolling. Research courses (such as statistics or research methods) may not be used to satisfy graduate certificate requirements.

The following is a partial list of courses through which graduate certificate requirements may be satisfied:

      GERON 611 (Health and Physical Aspects of Aging)

      GERON 614 (Issues Concerning Specialized Target Populations of the Elderly)

      GERON 621 (Social Aspects of Aging)

      GERON 623 (Issues in Aging Policy)

      GERON 626 (Economic Issues in Aging Populations)

      GERON 628 (Psychology of Aging)

      GERON 631 (Families of Later Life)

      GERON 721 (History and Political Economy of Social Policy Toward the Elderly)

      GERON 724 (Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Aging Societies)

      GERON 734 (Law and Health Policy for the Elderly)

      GERON 761 (Advanced Policy Analysis)

      GERON 771 (Seminar in Long-Term Care