CORE COURSES:  (9 credit hours)

     Soc 230: Introduction to Gerontology

3

     Soc 386 or Psyc 348: Field Experience

3

     Soc 405: Senior Thesis in Gerontology

3

9

AGING-SPECIFIC ELECTIVES:  (9-12 credit hours)

     Soc 331: Social Gerontology

3

     Soc 380: Seminar in selected Topics: Issues in Aging

3

     Soc 399: Independent Study: Directed Research in Aging

1-3

     Soc 336: Death and Dying

3

     Psych 305: Life Span Development Psychology

3

     Psych 312: Women and Aging

3

     Psych 397,398: Topics in Psychology: Issues in Aging

3

     Ped 282: Exercise and Aging

3

     Nurs (WI) 430: Nursing the Older Adult

2

9-12

SPECIAL ELECTIVES: (Limit of three credits total from this area)

One credit per course up to a total of three credits from the following 200-300 level or above courses may be applied to the Gerontology Certificate.  While these courses are not principally focused on aging, their content relates to issues in gerontology.  Students selecting these courses, as part of their plan of study will be encouraged to do class projects/papers which focus on gerontological aspects of the course content.

     Mgmt 310:Principles of Management 1

1

     Mktg 347: Consumer Behavior

1

     Hed 205: Health topics II: Public and community health theories

1

     Hed 207: Women’s health issues

1

     PEd 340(WI): Human Nutrition

1

     PEd 390:Exercise Physiology

1

     PEd 395:Exercise prescription and program design

1

     Philo 310:Biomedical ethics

1

     Psyc 323:Personality Theories

1

     Psyc 324:Abnormal Psychology

1

     Psyc 331:Learning and Memory

1

     Psyc 342:Principles of Counseling

1

     Psyc 350:Health Psychology

1

     Psyc 402:Psychology of Sensation and Perception

1

     Psyc 343:Family Counseling

1

     Psyc 360:Behavioral Pharmacology 

1

     Psyc 403: Behavioral Neuroscience

1

     Soc 323:Marriage and the Family

1

     Soc 342:Drugs and Society

1

     Soc 265(WI):Stratification and Social Inequality

1

     Soc 326:Medical Sociology

1

     Soc 364: Social Welfare Policy

1

     Soc 240: Race and Ethnicity

1

     Soc 210: Cultural Anthropology

1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAU GERONTOLOGY CERITICATE

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