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  • Appendix A
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    Gerontology

    Ro DiBrezzo and Barbara B. Shadden

    Program Directors of the Office for Studies on Aging

    321 HPER Building

    479-575-5262

    E-mail: aging@cavern.uark.edu

    Web: http://www.uark.edu/misc/aging/

    Biological Sciences Faculty:
         • Professor Etges
    Communication Faculty:
         • Professor Webb
    Educational Leadership, Counseling and Foundations Faculty:
         • Assistant Professor Brescia
    Health Science, Kinesiology, Recreation and Dance Faculty:
         • University Professor Brown
         • Professors DiBrezzo, Fort
         • Assistant Professor Ferguson
    Human Environmental Sciences Faculty:
         • Associate Professors Bailey, Gentry, Turner
         • Assistant Professors Fitch-Hilgenberg, Killian, Webb
    Nursing Faculty:
         • Associate Professor Lawson
    Psychology Faculty:
         • Associate Professor Freund
    Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders Faculty:
         • Professors Shadden, Watson
         • Associate Professor Toner
         • Assistant Professor Hagstrom
    Social Work Faculty:
         • Assistant Professor DeCoster

    Graduate Certificate Offered:

    Gerontology (non-degree)

     

    The Graduate Certificate in Gerontology is an interdisciplinary graduate program focusing on the needs and concerns of the aging population.

     

    Prerequisites to the Certificate Program: Students must be admissible to the Graduate School.

    Requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology:
    (18 hours)

    HESC 4443 Gerontology

    GERO 5013 Field Experience in Gerontology

    GERO 5023 Critical Issues in Aging

    One course in each of the following categories, with the approval
           of the advisory committee:

    Psychosocial Aspects of Aging

    Physiological/Health Aspects of Aging

    Practice/Policy Aspects of Aging

     

    GERONTOLOGY (GERO)

     

    GERO4443 Gerontology (SP)  Physiological and psychological development of the aging individual, extended family relations, service networks for the elderly, and retirement activities. Some attention to housing and care needs of persons in advanced years. Lecture 3 hours per week. Seminar.

    GERO5013 Field Experience in Gerontology (FA, SP, SU)  Supervised research/practical experience in field setting. May be repeated for 6 hours. May be repeated for 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    GERO5023 Critical Issues in Aging (IR)  Consideration of current issues of aging not covered in depth in other courses. May be repeated for 6 hours. May be repeated for 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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