APPROVED COURSES FOR THE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN GERONTOLOGY
If a course is cross-listed at the graduate and undergraduate level, graduate students must
enroll at the graduate level. If the course is a seminar or special topics class, the course is
approved only when the course title matches the one listed below. The courses on this list are
not offered every semester. Check with departments or instructors to find out when courses
will be offered before planning your course of study.
M = Enrollment in these courses is generally restricted to majors and gerontology credit is
given only to majors in this department.
Reminder. Beyond the core course, DEP 6059, which is offered online, only one other course
can be completed online.
Course not on this list? Students or faculty can apply to have a new course added to the
approved list if the course content is substantially related to aging issues. Send a copy of the
syllabus so that the Director can verify that the course has significant aging-related content.
In consultation with other faculty, the course will be considered for addition to the approved
courses list. Submit this information to:
Dr. Susan Bluck bluck@ufl.edu
Director, Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
Core Course (Required)
DEP 6059 Issues and Concepts in Gerontology (online, formerly GEY 6646)
Gerontology
GEY 6905 Independent Study; see certificate website for details
Geriatric Care Management
RCS 6931 Medical and Health Management Issues in Aging (online)
Anthropology
ANG5464 Culture and Aging
Clinical and Health Psychology
CLP7934 Special Topics: Psychotherapy with Older Adults; Very Late Life; Neurocognition
in Aging; Neuropsychology of Aging (online)
Communication Sciences & Disorders
SPA6564 Communication and Aging
SPA6581 or SPA 5254 Neurocognitive Language Disorders
Dentistry
DEN7319 Principles of Geriatric Oral Medicine
Education-Counselor Education
SDS6936 Death & Dying
Exercise and Sports Sciences
PET 7077 Aging and Free Radical Biology
Family, Youth, & Community Sciences
FYC 5106 Retirement and Estate Planning
FYC 6932 International Perspectives on Aging and Caregiving
FYC 6932 Aging in the Context of Family and Community
Geography
GEY 6341 Shelter and care options for the US elderly (formerly GEO 6938)
Health Science Education
HSC6567 Health Promotion and Programming in Gerontology
HSC6935 Health and End-of-Life Issues
Health Services Administration
HSA6407 Health and Disease
Law
LAW6930 Health Care Law M
LAW6930 Estates and Trusts M
Nursing
NGR6252 Primary Care of Older Adults
RCS6931 Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and the Older Adult
NGR6930 Aging and Health Care issues
Medicine
GMS7593 Neurobiology of Aging (2 credits; online)
GMS6063 Mechanisms of Aging (online)
GMS 6417 Integrative Aging Physiology (online)
GMS 6099 Foundations in Aging and Geriatric Research (online)
GMS 6876 Law and Ethics of Aging (online)
GMS 6484 Geriatric and Age-related Diseases (online) Occupational Therapy
OTH6933 Special Topics: Elders
Physical Therapy
PHT6935 Seminar: Physical Aspects of Aging
Psychology
DEP6059 Approved special topics include: Memory Across the Life Span; Cognition Across
the Life Span, Social Cognition and Aging; Autobiographical Memory and Aging; Aging and
the Human Brain
DEP 6099 Survey of Developmental Psychology. Student MUST do an aging-related major
paper as the grant proposal requirement for this class. Submit the paper with certificate
completion form to demonstrate completion.
DEP 6406 Adult Development and Aging
EXP 6939 Current Issues in Cognition and Sensory Processes: Language, Cognition and
Aging; Theories of Cognitive Aging
Public Health
PHC 6717 Disability Research
PHC 6405 Epidemiology of Aging
PHC 6937 Aging and Public Health; Psycho-Social Issues in Chronic Disease
Sociology
SYP6735 Sociology of Aging and the Life Course
SYP6736 Sociology of the Aged
SYP6745 Aging and End-of-Life Issues
SYA7933 Approved special topics include: Retirement Research; Health and Aging; Gender
and Aging; Health Disparities and the Life Course; Death and Dying in Old Age