2023-2024 Catalog

Gerontology Minor

Course Requirements

Courses

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
GRTL 314Health and Aging

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
-Or-

NURS 314Health and Aging

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 217Sociology of Aging

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 320Aging and the Law

4

Annually.

Practicum experience through an established means, such as ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
NURS 223Fundamentals of Nursing Practice

4

Fall, Spring.
POL 327Internship in State Government

4

Spring.
POL 328Field Experiences in the Public Sector

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 315Service Learning in the Community

4

As needed.

POL 327, POL 328, SOC 315: These courses should be selected by those who are not nursing nor social work majors.

TWO COURSES from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
GRTL 303Fountain of Age

4

As needed.
-Or-

SOC 303Fountain of Age

4

As needed.
 

PSYC 339Psychology of Aging

4

Annually.
SOC 314The Sociology of Health and Illness

4

Annually.

Total Credit Hours: 23-27