Educational Program
The undergraduate Aging Studies Concentration consists of a 19 credit hour curriculum, including 16 semester hours of required core courses in sociology and criminology, psychology and religion, including a four semester hour internship. The remaining 3 credits consists of approved elective courses.
Core Course Requirements:
- TRS 260 – Moral Decision Making (3 credits)
- SC 285 – Aging, Health, and Society (3 credits)
- PS 365 – Adulthood and Aging (3 credits)
- SC 475 – Internship and Seminar (4 credits)
- SC 490 – Multicultural Counseling (3 credits)
Electives:
One of the electives from different departments must be chosen from the following.
- PS 175- Life Span Development (3 credits)
- SC 273 – Public Health in US Society (3 credits)
- SC 295 – Death & Dying (3 credits)
- PL 310 – Contemporary Ethical Problems (3 credits)
- PL 316 – Bioethics (3 credits)
- PS 362- Health Psychology (3 credits)
- TRS 398B- Special Topics in Religious Ethics (3 credits)
- SC 493 – Independent Study (3 credits)