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The certificate is designed to address the need for expertise in aging and adult development for graduate students and for professionals seeking to better serve their aging clients.
After completion of this program, students will be able to:
• Assume a multidisciplinary perspective of theoretical aging issues.
• Acquire a multidisciplinary approach to applied aging issues.
• Appreciate the relationship between individual and family aging to public policy.
• Relate their primary area of study to late life and aging.
•Apply a developmental perspective to their lives, their families and their professional relationships.

Gerontology is the wholistic study of aging. The 18-credit graduate certificate in gerontology is designed to provide a basic foundation in theory, research, and practice specific to late life. The program includes two required courses. The remainder of the credits is elected from three groupings of courses: Psychological; Physical Health and Administrative; and Family, Culture and Society. The courses are offered by an array of departments throughout the campus, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of gerontology.

The certificate is designed to complement students' major course of study. It addresses career trajectories in which students graduate with expertise in aging and subsequently enter professions that are serving clienteles that include significant numbers of older adults. The certificate serves the need for aging education that emerges.

Students seeking the certificate must hold a completed baccalaureate degree or have acceptance into a graduate degree program at CMU. Although the program can be completed in three semesters, a student–paced approach to the certificate is equally suitable.
The advisor for the certificate is located in the Department of Human Environmental Studies.

Core Requirements (6 credits):
GRN 631 (3) Gerontology: Theory and Practice
GRN 632 (3) Public Policy and Aging

Other Requirements: Select a minimum of 3 credits from each group and an additional 3 credits from any group (12 credits)
Group 1: Psychological (3 credits minimum)
PSY 724 (3) Psychology of Aging
GRN 535 (3) Dementia Care: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

Group 2: Physical Health and Administration (3 credits minimum)
HSC 506 (3) Health and Physical Development in Late Life
HSC 517 (3) Drugs and the Elderly
HSC 591 (3) Legal & Regulatory Aspects of Long Term Care
HSC 592 (3) Administration Issues in Long Term Care
HSC 593 (3) Resident Care Issues in Long Term Care Admin.
HSC 620 (3) Adult Health Education Theory & Practice
HEV 575 (3) Geriatric Nutrition
HEV 671 (3) Advanced Topics in Nutrition: Geriatrics
CDO 544 (3) Communication Disorders in the Aged
CDO 638 (2) Adult and Pediatric Swallowing & Feeding Disorders

Group 3: Family, Culture and Society (3 credits minimum)
GRN 597 (1-4) Special Topics
HEV 618 (3) The Family Life Cycle: The Older Adult
CED 685 (3) Counseling Aspects of Grief & Loss

Total hours (18)

For more information, contact:

Dr. MaloneBeach, 208 Wightman, 774-5486, Malon1ee@cmich.edu

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