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Ed Rosenberg, Director
203D Chapell Wilson Hall
Boone, NC 28608
Voice: 828.262.6146
Fax: 828. 262.2294
rosenberge@appstate.edu


 

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Gerontology Courses

For graduate course descriptions, see course listings for the appropriate department in the ASU Graduate Catalog.

In some cases a course is "dual-listed", that is, available for both undergraduate and graduate credit. If you don't find the course with its 5xxx number in the Graduate Catalog, look for it as a 4xxx course in the appropriate department in the ASU Undergraduate Catalog. Descriptions of courses only available for undergraduate credit are also found at this link.

In your own particular program of study, courses not listed below might be acceptable. You should consult with the Gerontology Program Director.


GRADUATE

Required Courses for the Master of Arts (* = take one course or the other, but not both)

BIO 5563: Biology of Aging

HPC 5680: Counseling the Aging

PSY 5562: Psychology of Adult Development and Aging

SOC 5110: Research Problems I (or equivalent in another discipline)

SOC 5400: Sociology of Adult Development and Aging

SOC 5420: Health Care and Aging

SOC 5900: Internship

SOC 5990: Research Problems II (or equivalent in another discipline)*

SOC 5999: Thesis*

 

Required Courses for the on-campus Graduate Certificate

SOC 5400: Sociology of Adult Development and Aging

SOC 5420: Health Care and Aging

SOC 5630: Programs and Services for Older Adults

 

Required Courses for the on-line Graduate Certificate

SOC 5400: Sociology of Adult Development and Aging

SOC 5420: Health Care and Aging

SOC 5530: Housing and the Elderly

SOC 5630: Programs and Services for Older Adults

SOC 5900: Internship

 

Concentration and/or Elective Courses

FCS 5551: Families in Later Life

FCS 5210: Nutrition for the Elderly

HCM 5530-5549: Selected Topics in Health Care Administration

HCM 5550: Health Care Policy

HCM 5560: Managed Care

HCM 5570: Health Care Financing

HPC 5850: Theory and Practice of Reality Therapy

HPC 5220: Counseling Theory and Techniques

HPC 5790: Group Methods and Processes

PS 5180: Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation

PS 5260: Organization Theory and Behavior

PS 5270: Not-for-Profit Organizations

PS 5360: Public Personnel Administration

PS 5665: Public Management

PSY 5653: Health Psychology

RM 5560: Leisure and Aging

SOC 5530: Housing and the Elderly

SOC 5630: Programs and Services for Older Adults

SW 5555: Death, Dying and Living

 

UNDERGRADUATE

SOC 3100: Gerontology

BIO 4563: Biology of Aging

PSY 4562: Psychology of Adult Development and Aging

FCS 4551: Families in Later Life

SW 4555: Death, Dying and Living

RM 4560: Leisure and Aging

 

 

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