Interdisciplinary Healthy Aging Minor

Coursework

Students wishing to earn the Interdisciplinary Healthy Aging Minor are required to take 18 hours of coursework. Courses must be taken from three different departments, which may include the department of the student's major. The minor is comprised of three required courses totaling nine hours and three elective courses totaling nine hours. The required and elective courses are listed below.

Required Courses (9 hours)

HCHS 30653	Introduction to Aging: Growing Old in an Aging Society	3
SOWO 30853	Human Behavior and Social Environment II	3
HCHS 30783	Families, Caregivers, and People Living with Dementia	3
	OR
NURS 30433	Families, Caregivers, and People Living with Dementia	3

Elective Courses (select 9 hours from the courses below)

HCHS 40950	Current Topics in Aging	1.00-20.00
NURS 10303	Human Development	3
PSYC 30313	Developmental Psychology	3
SOCI 30223	Contemporary Topics in Sociology	3
SOCI 30483	Death and Dying: Sociological Viewpoints	3
SOWO 40563	Grief and Loss	3
SOCI 40523	Health, Illness and Medicine	3
PSYC 50463	Functional Neuroanatomy	3
PSYC 30483	Human Neuropsychology	3
BIOL 50401	Neurobiology of Aging	1
KINE 51413	Psychology of Aging and Physical Activity	3
For Nursing Only
NURS 30241	Geriatric Nursing Resources I	1
NURS 30251	Geriatric Nursing Resources II	1