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)