NOTE: Applications for Fall 2023 admission to the Gerontology Certificate program are not currently being accepted. Contact the College of Liberal Arts for further information.
| Required Courses | ||
| FSN 315 | Nutrition in Aging | 4 |
| KINE 408 | Exercise and Health Gerontology | 3 |
| PSY 318 | Psychology of Aging | 4 |
| SOC 326 | Sociology of the Life Cycle | 4 |
| Approved Electives | ||
| Select from the following: | 8 | |
| Sex, Death, and Human Nature | ||
| Culture and Health | ||
| Human Genetics | ||
| Biology of Cancer | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Rhetorics of Science, Technology, and Medicine | ||
| Introduction to Human Nutrition | ||
or PSY 256 | Developmental Psychology | |
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| Psychology of Death | ||
| Gerontology-Related Fieldwork 1 | ||
| Select from the following: | 4 | |
| Special Problems: Experiential Learning | ||
Or an advisor approved course | ||
| Total units | 27 | |
| 1 | May be fulfilled as an elective in the student's major or may be challenged due to previous work. |
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