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Undergraduate Certificate

Undergraduate Certificate

Prepare Yourself To Lead and Serve Our Aging Society

A nationally recognized Certificate of Studies in gerontology is available to undergraduate students. Selected courses are chosen from various disciplines to create a strongly integrated curriculum in aging studies. This certificate may be earned along with majors at ACU. Each student will be individually involved in a practicum experience working with a community or agency serving older adults.  

The Undergraduate Certificate is a 15 hour program (9 hours required and 6 are electives).

Required Courses (9 hours)

 

Electives (6 hours)

student choice with advisor approval

Ready to add the Undergraduate Certificate in Gerontology to your degree. Here are the steps that are required. Please ask if you have any questions.

"We are aging- not just as individuals or communities but as a world. In 2006, almost 500 million people worldwide were 65 and older. By 2030, that total is projected to increase to 1 billion- one in very eight of the earth's inhabitants."

Source: Why Population Aging Matters: A Global Perspective. National Institute on Aging,National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of State. Publication No. 07-6134, March 2007.