Undergraduate Minor in Gerontology

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A Declaration of Minor form must be filled out and signed by the student and the Gerontology Coordinator.

The undergraduate minor in Gerontology consists of 12 credit hours, as follows:

Coursework – 9 hours from the following:

CFS 312 – Family in Late/Middle Adulthood (3)

Exercise Science 370 – Aging and Physical Activity (3)

Health 406 – Death, Dying & Bereavement (3)

Health 465 – Aging and Health (3)

Nursing 400 – Aging & Society (3) (open to all students)

SOC 415 – Sociology of Aging (3) (offered only through distance education as a correspondence course)

Other courses as approved by the coordinator of the minor (representative for the Gerontology Colloquy).

Applied Practicum – 3 hours of approved practicum taken in the “home” department

OR

Nursing 402 (Practicum in Gerontology - open to all students with permission of instructor)

OR

Nursing 461 (Practicum in Gerontology - for Nursing students only)

Contact Information

Dr. Sandra McGuire
College of Nursing
1200 Volunteer Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865-974-7589
smcquire@utk.edu

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Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

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