Gerontology

The GERONTOLOGY specialization prepares students for working with the elderly in a variety of settings. This concentration is also an excellent complement to the pre-professional social work concentration, since the elderly are projected to be one of the two major service populations for social workers in the next century. This interdisciplinary concentration is offered in conjunction with the Nursing Department. In addition to the sociology core, required courses include:

1. Community Organization 
2. Marriage and Family 
3. Social Aspects of Health and Health Care 
4. Minority and Ethnic Group Relationships 
5. Biology and Health and Aging
6. Personality Dimensions of Aging
7. Geriatric Assessment
8. Aging: The Individual and Society 
9. Economics of Aging
10. Aging and the Spiritual Dimension
11. Social Policies and Legal Issues of Aging
12. Internship - Gerontological setting

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For Further Information, Contact:
Dr. Hanns G. Pieper
Sociology Program
Department of Law, Politics, and Society
1800 Lincoln Avenue
Evansville, Indiana 47722

(812) 488-2468,   800-423-8633, ext. 2468
dp5@evansville.edu