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)

Sociology of Aging- GERO 350
Adult Development and Aging- GERO 352
Practicum in Gerontology- GERO 495

Electives (6 hours)

student choice with advisor approval

Ministry with Older adults- GERO 437
Social Welfare Policy and Services- GERO 441
Biology of Aging- GERO 448
Aging and the Family- GERO 454
Programs and Services for the Elderly- GERO 479
Death Education - HED 410

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.