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Nov 21, 2024
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Gerontology Interdisciplinary Minor
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Coordinator
Bette Thoreck, Undergraduate Program Director
244H White Hall
315-443-5567
The interdisciplinary minor in gerontology provides an opportunity for students to focus academic work on the older population. It requires the completion of 18 credits, 12 of them above the 300 level. To be admitted to the program, students submit a Declaration of Minor form to their faculty advisor, the Undergraduate Program Director for Social Work, and their home college dean’s office.
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Required core courses (3 credits)
Plus one of the following core courses (3 credits)
Additional Courses (6 credits)
Choice of two additional courses from the following list of aging course electives (at least 6 credits)
Additional Courses (6 credits)
Choice of two additional courses from the following age-related course electives (at least 6 credits)
Note:
Students who wish to substitute other courses with comparable gerontological content as alternatives for the required courses may do so by submitting a petition to the coordinator of the gerontology minor, Bette Brown Thoreck. Also, students may petition to substitute experience credit in the student’s program of study, e.g. CFS 470 . To ensure adequate gerontological content, the experience credit petition must be reviewed by the coordinator of the gerontology minor.
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