Gerontology

Faculty

Joseph F. Cimini, J.D., Chair
Thomas E. Baker, M.S.
Harry R. Dammer, Ph.D.
David O. Friedrichs, M.A.
John B. Pryle, M.A.
Loreen Wolfer, Ph.D.
Midori Yamanouchi-Rynn, Ph.D.

Overview

The degree program in Gerontology has the following objectives:

1. To understand the processes of aging;

2. To prepare for careers in agencies and institutions serving the older adult, such as area agencies on aging, family services, long-term care facilities, federal, state, and local governmental agencies, retirement communities, business and industry, etc.;

3. To provide a liberal gerontology education with special emphasis on the development of the whole person; and

4. To provide students with academic preparation for advanced study in gerontology, social work, public administration, social welfare and related fields.

The Scranton area is especially suited to serve as a laboratory setting for gerontology education with its high proportion of older adults and its many agencies and facilities for the same. The department has established an Advisory Board in Gerontology composed of practitioners in the field: health specialists, community leaders, and senior citizens. The Advisory Board will help to ensure that the program curriculum is current.

The Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice also administers the Criminal Justice major and the Sociology major.

Minor in Gerontology

18 credits, including SOC 110, GERO 110, and GERO 230. The following electives are strongly recommended by the department in the Gerontology sequence: GERO 218, GERO 216, GERO 212, GERO 232.

Gerontology Curriculum
Dept. and No.				Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
				FIRST YEAR	FALL	SPRING
MAJOR		SOC 110		Intro. to Sociology	3
MAJOR		GERO 110		Introduction to Gerontology		3
MAJOR		GERO 218		Health and Aging		3
GE S/BH		PSYC 110		Fundamentals of Psychology	3
GE C/IL		C/IL 102		Computing and Information Literacy	3
GE WRTG - SPCH		WRTG 107 - COMM 100		Compositon - Public Speaking	3	3
GE QUAN		S/CJ 215		Statistics for the Social Sciences		3
GE PHIL		PHIL 120		Introduction to Philosophy	3
GE T/RS		T/RS 121		Theology I		3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective		3
GE FSEM		INTD 100		Freshman Seminar	1
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education		1
					16	16
				SECOND YEAR
MAJOR		GERO 232-230		Aging and Death - Social Policy and Aging	3	3
MAJOR-GE QUAN		SOC 211 - S/CJ 215		Methods of Soc. Research - Stats for Soc. Sci.	3	3
COGNATE		HS 241		Case Management and Interviewing	3
GE S/BH		SOC 224		American Minority Groups		3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL 210 - T/RS 122		Ethics - Theology II	3	3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Electives	3	3
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education	1	1
					16	16
				THIRD YEAR
MAJOR		GERO ELECT 1		Gerontology Electives	3	3
COGNATE		PSYC 222 - SOC 228		Adulthood and Aging - Social Psychology	3	3
COGNATE		HADM 112 - SOC SCI		Health Systems - Social Science Elective	3	3
GE NSCI		NSCI ELECT		Natural Science Electives	3	3
GE PHIL or T/RS		PHIL-T/RS ELECT		Philosophy or T/RS Elective	3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective		3
GE ELECT		ELECT		Free Electives	3	3
					18	18
				FOURTH YEAR
MAJOR		GERO ELECT		Gerontology Electives	3	6
MAJOR		GERO 480-481 / ELECT 1		Internships and/or Electives	3	3
COGNATE		ELECT		Social Science Electives	6	3
GE ELECT		ELECT		Free Electives	3	3
					15	15
					Total: 130 Credits
1 Department recommendation - The Gerontology Internship may be taken in either the junior or senior year, or both (not to exceed a maximum of six credits of internship).