Two certificate programs are offered through the School of Recreation and Sport Sciences' parent institution, the College of Health and Human Services. Click the title below to read more details about each program.
UNDERGRADUATE GERONTOLOGY
Designed for students in any major who want to gain knowledge and skills for a career that involves working with the elderly. Health care, social services, recreation, mental health, education, administration, and business are examples of service areas that now employ large numbers of persons working with and for the aging population.
GRADUATE GERONTOLOGY
Designed for graduate students and professionals not only in health care but a variety of other disciplines who work with the aging or elderly population and who have a bachelor’s or graduate degree. You may be interested in the program if you work or plan to work in business; exercise physiology; family studies; government; health sciences; hearing, speech and language sciences; medicine; nursing; nutrition; physical therapy; psychology; recreation; sociology; or social work.