Healthy Aging Certificate
Shape your career with an interdisciplinary Undergraduate Certificate in Healthy Aging. Establish yourself as someone who understands the aging issues and challenges facing older adults.
Open to all undergraduate students as well as non-degree seeking students with a bachelor’s degree.
Program Type
Undergraduate Certificate
Program Format
On Campus
The Undergraduate Certificate in Healthy Aging is an interdisciplinary program housed in the Helen Bader Office of Applied Gerontology. The certificate is designed for students:
- To acquire basic foundational knowledge in the processes of aging, issues regarding aging, and the challenges of older adulthood.
- To understand the interdisciplinary and integrative nature of gerontology.
- To have practical experiences with older adults.
The certificate is open to all undergraduate students as well as non-degree seeking students with a bachelor’s degree. Undergraduate students may earn the certificate in conjunction with any major. Those with a bachelor’s degree may choose to complete the program to enhance their job performance or increase their marketability in the field of aging. Certificate completion will be posted on a student’s official transcript and an official paper certificate will be sent to the student.
The student must maintain a 2.5 GPA for the 18 credits that meet certificate requirements. Nine credits must be taken within residency.
The program consists of 18 credits including:
| Core Curriculum | |
| SOC WRK 300: Aged to Perfection: Introduction to the Study of Aging | 3 |
| Select 6 credits from core curriculum courses in the following areas: Biological Aging, Psychological Aging, Social Dimensions of Aging Core curriculum options include: | 6 |
| COMMUN 285: Communicating with Older Adults | |
| CRM JST 592: Critical Issues in Criminal Justice: Aging, Abuse, and Elder Justice | |
| KIN 360: Motor Development Across the Lifespan | |
| NURS 203: Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan (Prerequisite: PSYCH 101) | |
| NURS 760: Processes of Aging (need permission from instructor) | |
| PSYCH 680: Psychology of Aging | |
| SOC WRK 564: Concepts, Controversies, and Critical Policies for Older Adults | |
| SOC WRK 685: Social Gerontology | |
| Correlates/Electives | |
| Select 6 credits in aging-related courses. Course options include, but are not limited to: | 6 |
| CHEM 381: Chemistry of Aging (Honors College Prerequisite) | |
| KIN 561: Investigating Motor Behavior in Health, Aging and Disease | |
| NURS 670: Nursing Care of Older Adults I (need permission from instructor) | |
| NURS 671: Nursing Care of Older Adults II (need permission from instructor) | |
| OCC THPY 625: Design and Disability | |
| SOC WRK 250: Human Behavior in the Social Environment | |
| SOC WRK 680: Death and Dying | |
| THERREC 309: Therapeutic Recreation in Pediatrics and Gerontology | |
| Select 3 credits in an intensive course experience working with older adults and/or their caregivers, or working on issues that impact them. Course options include practicum, internship, conducting research, directed readings, or lab work. | 3 |
| Total Credits | 18 |
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Social Work
- Field Liaison, Social Work Field Program
- Coordinator of Education & Programming, Applied Gerontology
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