Student Learning Outcomes

1. Understand key theoretical orientations in population health and aging
2. Apply standard and cutting-edge methodological and statistical techniques
3. Develop an interdisciplinary orientation that draws on medical sociology, social gerontology, and demography
4. Articulate the ways that social processes, places, and policies shape population health and aging
5. Obtain professional socialization in preparation for academic, governmental, private-sector, and non-profit positions

Requirements

Students must complete 9 graduate level credits in the following courses:

• SOC 667 - Population Processes 3 credit(s)

• and

• SOC 655 - Sociology of Health and Illness 3 credit(s)

• and

• SOC 664 - Aging and Society 3 credit(s)

• or (with permission)

• SWK 657 - Processes of Aging 3 credit(s)

Electives

Students must complete 6 credits of graduate level courses in health and/or aging.  At least 3 credits must be from a SOC course. Students may petition to use 3 credits from other health and/or aging courses. 

• SOC 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s)
• SOC 643 - Aging in the Context of Family Life 3 credit(s)
• SOC 800 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s)
• BIO 616 - Biology of Aging 3 credit(s)
• LAW 777 - Elder Law 3 credit(s)
• PAI 730 - Problems in Public Administration 1-3 credit(s)