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Gerontology Minor
Course requirements for gerontology minor (25 credits):
| Required Courses | 17-18 | ||||
| GERO | 14029 | Introduction to Gerontology |
3 |
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| 44030 | Adult Development and Aging |
3 |
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| 44031 | Social Policy and Community Resources for Older Adults |
3 |
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| Choose from the following: | 8-9 | ||||
| BSCI | * | 40020 | Biology of Aging (3) | ||
| NURS | 31095 | Special Topics: Health Care Policy and Delivery System (3) | |||
| NUTR | 23511 | Science of Human Nutrition (3) | |||
| or | |||||
| 33512 | Nutrition (3) | ||||
| PHIL | 40005 | Health Care Ethics (3) | |||
| RPTM | 36010 | Recreation, Leisure and Aging (3) | |||
| SPA | 44130 | Communication Disorders of the Aging (2) | |||
| Guided Electives |
7-8 | ||||
| Any course not chosen above may be a guided elective as well as the following: | |||||
| ARCH | 45640 | Developing Environments for Older Adults (1-3) | |||
| EDPF | 42150 | Educational Dimensions of Leisure, Retirement and Aging (3) | |||
| HDFS | 24011 | Interpersonal Relationships and Families (3) | |||
| 44021 | Family Intervention Across the Lifespan (3) | ||||
| 44023 | Building Family Strengths (3) | ||||
| HED | 34060 | Small Group Processes (2) | |||
| 42041 | Health Counseling (3) | ||||
| 46060 | Death Education (3) | ||||
| JMC | 28001 | Principles of Public Relations (3) | |||
| MIS | 24163 | Principles of Management (3) | |||
| NUTR | 43521 | Food Choices for Prescribed Dietary Modifications (2) | |||
| SOC | 42010 | Death and Dying (3) | |||
| 42870 | Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Gerontology (3) | ||||
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Total |
25 | ||||
*Course requires BSCI 20020 and CHEM 10050 and 10052 as prerequisites.
Minimum 2.25 GPA in the minor required for graduation.
Any student who meets the requirements for the minor in gerontology is automatically eligible for the Certificate in Gerontology, which is issued through the Kent State University Gerontology Center with approval by the College of Education, Health, and Human Services.