College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

105 Concentration (9 credits) Complete one concentration, consisting of three 3-credit courses. The concentrations provide students with the opportunity to bring their core gerontology knowledge into the field or career in which the student is or will be working. In these concentrations, courses will be developed to target the areas most relevant to the intersection of older adults and the selected field under study. Concentrations include: Public Health, Gerontology and the Family, Emergency Preparedness, and Professional Geriatric Care Management. Emergency Preparedness and Response for Elder Populations (9 credits) Complete three (3) of the following courses: GERO 5050 All Hazards Preparedness (3 credits) GERO 6140 All Hazards Preparedness for Special Needs Populations (3 credits) GERO 6160 Special Topics in All-Hazards Preparedness for Elders (3 credits) GERO 6130 Incident Command System (3 credits) Gerontology and the Family (9 credits) Complete the following courses: GERO 6110 Systems Application in the Family Life Cycle of Aging (3 credits) GERO 6120 Relationships in Aging (3 credits) GERO 6131 Caregiving in the Family (3 credits) Gerontology and Public Health (9 credits) Complete three (3) of the following courses: GERO 5111 Public Health Issues of the Elderly (3 credits) GERO 6201 Health Service Planning and Evaluation (3 credits) GERO 5101 Foundations of Public Health (3 credits) GERO 5523 Public Health Nutrition and Older Adults (3 credits) Professional Geriatric Care Management (9 credits) Complete the following courses: GERO 5350 Professional Geriatric Care Management (3 credits) GERO 5550 Care Plan Development and Health Care Advocacy (3 credits) GERO 6250 Business Aspects of Geriatric Care Management (3 credits) M.A. in Gerontology Sample Degree Plan Year One First Semester GERO 5200: Concepts and Controversies in Aging (3 credits) GERO 5300: Humanities and Aging (3 credits) Second Semester GERO 5400: Sociology of Aging for Future Leaders (3 credits) GERO 5500: Psychology of Aging (3 credits) Third Semester GERO 5600: Biology of Human Aging (3 credits) GERO 5700: Aging and Ethnicity (3 credits)