Gerontology Course Descriptions

GNT505 CULTURE, GENDER, AND AGING (3 CREDITS)
Beliefs, attitudes, and practices related to the aged within a comparative and cross-cultural framework, engendering deeper insight into the diversity of cultural traditions and worldviews.

GNT503 PERSPECTIVES IN GERONTOLOGY (3 CREDITS)
Literature relevant to the study of gerontology: an overview of current aging issues; current career opportunities; and aging in the future. Seminar format.

GNT695 CAPSTONE PROJECT (3 CREDITS)
Students combine knowledge and skills learned in prior Certificate program course work with information gathered during their professional careers, and direct this combined knowledge toward the completion of a substantial project of their own definition.

GNT603 PUBLIC HEALTH CARE POLICIES OF AGING (3 CREDITS)
Current public health policies and their inadequacy in reducing or preventing health associated diseases in the aging population.

ECN535 THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE POLICY (3 CREDITS)
Health economics and health care policy which applies the basic tools of microeconomics analysis toward understanding the market behavior of the major players in health care markets including consumers, providers, insurers, and government entities.

GNT613 GRANT-WRITING, PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION (3 CREDITS)
Skills needed to develop health care/social service program proposals, especially those which are funded by grants. Introductory qualitative and quantitative methods are used to evaluate effectiveness.

GNT615 COMMUNITY DESIGN/HEALTH AND MOBILITY ISSUES (3 CREDITS)
Basic natural physiological and psychological changes which accompany aging, creating challenges faced by elderly individuals during their everyday community mobility.

GNT616 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES/PLANNING (3 CREDITS)
History of efforts to structure communities, the desire of aging Americans to age in place and remain independent, the ability of communities to support that desire, and current and future trends in community design.

GNT605 SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY ISSUES (3 CREDITS)
Community-based services/programs put in place as result of Older Americans Act; examine challenges confronting network professionals while developing, funding, implementing, administering, and coordinating programs and services.