Gerontology
DEGREE: MASTER OF ARTS 33 hours
Program Objectives
The program is designed to prepare traditional and non-traditional students for a career in gerontology. Based on the conceptual learning guidelines proposed by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), the Master of Arts degree in Gerontology is designed to enable the student to
- Appreciate the uniqueness, abilities and potentials of all seniors and their contributions to their families, their community, and to society.
- Acquire research skills, pragmatic and clinical understanding, and analytical insights into aging policies, social and psychological influences, multicultural assessments, and ethical issues.
- Develop increased competency in service to the elderly.
- Develop skills for scholarship and research in assessing the future directions for change in the study of aging.
Degree Requirements
Completion of the 33-hour program including the Master's Capstone Experience
Areas of Study
Required (21 hours)
- SOC-4160 Social Gerontology
- SOC-6100 Methods of Evaluation Research
- SOC-6900 Seminar in Gerontology
- SOC-6980 Practicum in Gerontology
- SOW-4100 Ethical Issues in the Helping Professions; or,
- THY-6400 The Christian in Society
- SOW-6510 Social Services for the Elderly
- SOW-6500 Public Policies and Aging
Related Requirements
- Practice - select one (3 hours)
- PSY-6005 Multicultural Counseling
- PSY-6015 Group Counseling
- PSY-6115 Counseling through the Expressive Arts
- SOW-4910 Social Work Practice Methods I
- SOW-4920 Social Work Practice Methods II
- SOW-6400 Marital and Family Counseling
- Related Electives - select one (3 hours)
- INS-6950 Independent Study (1-3 hours)
- INS-6990 Thesis (3-6 hours)
- PES-6100 Contemporary Issues in Health and Wellness
- PES-6980 Exercise Science and Fitness Management Practicum
- PSY-4115 Developmental Psychology: Adulthood
- PSY-6495 Administration of Human Services
- SOC-4120 Sociology of Religion
- SOC-4140 Sociology of Health Care
- SOC-4330 Death and Dying
- SOC-6300 Contemporary Family Patterns
- SOW-4310 Loss and Mourning
- Select 2 other courses from requirements or related requirements (6 hours)
