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M.S. Gerontology with Concentration in Counseling
The Counseling concentration is designed for professionals who are direct providers of clinical services, case managers, counselors and administrators in mental health and human services agencies who work with older adults, their families, and caregivers.
Total Program: 36 semester hours
Core Courses: 12 semester hours
- GERO 500 Psychology of Aging (3)
- GERO 501 Professional Issues in Gerontology (3)
- GERO 502 Social and Cultural Aspects of Aging (3)
- GERO 503 Physiology of Aging (3)
Required Courses: 12 semester hours
- PSY 507 Human Development (3)
- PSY 512 Clinical Psychopathology (3)
- PSY 523 Multicultural Counseling (3)
- PSY 527 Professionalism, Ethics, & Law in Counseling (3)
Research Course: 3 semester hours
- GERO 595 Organizational Research Methods (3)
Internship: 3 semester hours
- GERO 598 Internship/Fieldwork (3)
Electives: 3 semester hours from the following:
- PSY 522 Group Counseling (3)
- BHV 482 Family Violence and Abuse (3)
- PSY 590 Selected Topics in Gerontology (1-2)
- GERO 570 Grant Writing (1-3)
- GERO 571 Cognitively Impaired Older Adults(1-3)
- GERO 572 Death, Dying, and Bereavement (1-3)
- GERO 573 Legal Issues in Aging (1-3)
- GERO 574 Aging and Mental Health
- GERO 575 Diversity and Aging
- GERO 576 Careers in Gerontology (1-3)
- GERO 577 Caregiving & Caregiver Resources (1-3)
- GERO 578 Spirituality and Aging (1-3)
- GERO 579 Aging and Biography (1-3)
- GERO 599 Independent Study (1-3)
Culminating Activity: 3 semester hours
- GERO 596 Graduate Seminar (3)
