Undergraduate Gerontology Minor

Matriculated undergraduate students may pursue an interdisciplinary Minor in Gerontology.  It requires 18 credits based on the following criteria.

CORE Courses (students are required to take two courses)

Students may choose only ONE of the following core courses

CFS 363 Introduction to Gerontology

SWK 357 Processes of Aging

along with only ONE of the following core courses

PSY 337 Psychology of Adult Life: Maturity & Old Age

SOC/WGS 364 Aging and Society

 

For more information, or to obtain a form to declare the gerontology minor, contact Bette Thoreck, LMSW, Assistant Director of Field Instruction, School of Social Work, College of Human Ecology, Sims Hall, 443-5667, ebthorec@syr.edu.

Electives

The following courses emphasize aging and economic issues; gender, ethnic and cultural issues; health and work issues; or cover aging in the spectrum of life experiences. These courses are available as electives to most undergraduate students. Graduate level courses with a similar degree of emphasis on aging also count toward the Certificate. Selected topic courses, clinical or field experience, as well as courses that are offered infrequently or irregularly count when appropriate.

AGING Courses Electives (at least 6 credits)

Choose 2 of the following:

ECN 410 Health Economics

HTW 221 Health Promotion Across the Life Span 

NSD 342 Nutrition in the Life Span

PPE 514 Exercise and Aging

PSY 437 Cognition and Aging

REL 551/PHI 550 Ethics and Health Professions

SOC/WGS 355 Sociology of Health and Illness

SOC 421 Population Issues

AGING-RELATED Course Electives (at least 6 credits)

    and Choose 2 of the following:

ANT/WGS 363 Anthropology of Family Life

CFS 201 Family Development

CFS 487 Critical Incidents in Family Development

HTW 307 Culturally Competent Health Care

HTW 309 Health Problems of Vulnerable Populations

HTW 311 Health Literacy

HTW 403 Community-based Health Policy & Research

NSD 225 Nutrition in Health

PSY 382 Health Psychology

SOC/WGS 281 Sociology of Families