Aging Studies Minor

18 Credit Hours

Required Courses: 9 credit hours

AGES 120	Aging and Society	3
AGES 220/SOCI 220	Social Gerontology	3
AGES 395	Internship in Gerontology I	3
	OR
NURS 470	Nursing Care of the Aging Population	1

Nursing majors take NURS 470 and Adult Health Clinical to satisfy this requirement instead of AGES 395..

Nine credit hours from the following electives:

AGES 396	Internship in Gerontology II	2- 4
BSAD 417	Healthcare Marketing	3
CMDS 170	Introduction to Communication Disorders	2
CMDS 274	Speech and Hearing Science	3
EXSC 370	Exercise in Health and Disease (SI)(C)	3
EXSC 450	Exercise Leadership	3
HLTH 289	Medical Terminology	1
NURS 324	Health Assessment & Nutrition	3
NURS 388	Epidemiology for Public Health Practice	2
NURS 441	Adult Health Nursing II	4
PSYC 210	Life-Span Human Development (WB)	3
PSYC 240	Cognitive Psychology	3
RELI 254	Religion, Medicine, and Ethics (E) (RT)	3
SOCI 230	Medical Sociology	3
PSYC 397	Topics:	3

PSYC 397: Psychology of Aging (FA23) only

 

Related topics courses (contact the Registrar for approval).

Suggestions for Electives by Major:

Business: BSAD 417, PSYC 210, plus one additional course in minor

Communication Disorders: CMDS 170, CMDS 274, PSYC 210, plus one additional course in the minor

Exercise Science: AGES 289, PSYC 210, EXSC 370, EXSC 450, HLTH 388

Nursing: NURS 324, NURS 388, NURS 441

Psychology: PSYC 210, PSYC 240, plus one additional course in the minor

Religion: RELI 254, plus two additional courses in the minor

Sociology: SOCI 230, PSYC 210, plus one additional course in the minor