GERONTOLOGY
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

North Georgia College & State University has been offering a Gerontology Certificate program for the past six years.  We are pleased to be a part of the Georgia Gerontology Consortium through the Distance Learning Partnership in Gerontology to offer both undergraduate and graduate courses in Gerontology.  The scholarly and practical preparation required in this program has provided practitioners,  researchers, and students invaluable education and understanding.

   In the summer of 2004 the USG Board of Regents approved this program to meet the requirements of a Minor in Gerontology.  The program offers a unique interdisciplinary approach to Gerontology.  The courses offered for the program may fulfill elective degree requirements as well as meeting requirements for a certificate or a minor in gerontology.  Upon completion of the program, students will receive a certificate.  Degree seeking students will have the minor noted on their transcripts.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• To provide students with a theoretical introduction to the field of Gerontology theory, application, and research.

• To provide students with opportunities for clinical internship experiences with older adults in a community setting.

• To provide public service programs to meet educational, professional, and community needs.

• To prepare students to meet the physiological, sociological, psychological, and community demands of an ever increasing population of older adults.

• To integrate distance learning with web based technologies which enhance student exposure to the field of Gerontology.
  
  
• To facilitate understanding of cultural, social, and economic differences in the study of aging.

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REQUIREMENTS
      
The Gerontology Program requires eighteen (18) hours of graduate or upper division undergraduate course work to earn either the certificate or a minor.

12 credit hours from interdisciplinary Gerontology classes.

• Biology of Aging
• Psychology of Aging
• Survey of Aging
• Sociology of Aging

3 credit hours in a focused field of the student’s choice as a practicum or research.

3 hours from a list of upper division undergraduate Psychology or Sociology classes.