Florida State University General Bulletin 1998-1999

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Academic Departments and Programs (course descriptions)

Certificate Program in the

PEPPER INSTITUTE ON AGING AND PUBLIC POLICY

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Director: Melissa Hardy (Sociology);
Director of Research: Macpherson (Economics);
Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar Chair: Quadagno (Sociology);
Professors: Cowart (Urban and Regional Planning), Glick (Political Science), Hardy (Sociology), Hirsch (Economics), Macpherson (Economics), Myles (Sociology), Quadagno (Sociology);
Associate Professor: Barrilleaux (Political Science);
Affiliates: Bourgeois, Boyd, Chan, Charness, Hazelrigg, Maitland, Marshall, Miles-Doan, Polivka, Ralston, Reynolds, Sandon, Serow, Toole, Vinton

Established in 1976, and renamed in 1992, the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy has campus-wide involvement in stimulating and coordinating research, teaching, and public affairs activities related to the aging process, the elderly, and social policy. Multidisciplinary opportunities to learn more about the aging process, elder services, and the social, economic and political implications of an aging society are available through many units across the campus. The Pepper Institute, which houses the Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar Chair in Social Gerontology, offers undergraduate and graduate certificates in gerontology that can be completed by any student in the University. Application to the program is made to the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy.

Requirements for the undergraduate certificate in gerontology include a one-semester seventy-five (75) hour supervised field experience in a setting associated with services for the elderly and the completion of nine (9) semester hours of course work in gerontology from the list of approved courses.

Selected Course Offerings

AMS 3932r Lecture Series in American Problems [Aging of America] (36)
DEP 4400 Psychology of Aging (3) [Prerequisite: PSY 2012]
ECO 3933r Special Topics in Economics [Economics of Aging] (3)
ECP 3530 Economics of Health Care (3)
FAD 4340 Later Maturity (3)
FAD 4936r Special Topics: Family or Housing [Housing for the Elderly] (39)
HFT 3272 Senior Service Management (3)
NUR 4284 Dynamics of Aging (3)
POS 3932r Special Topics in Government [Aging Politics and Policies] (3)
SOW 4645 Aging and Old Age: Social Work with the Aged (3)
SPA 4410 Acquired Language Disorders (3)
SYP 3730 Aging and Society (3)
URP 4523 Introduction Health Planning (3)

Other opportunities for concentrated study in aging are available by earning a minor in aging in conjunction with another discipline. Among these is the minor in aging and blindness offered by the Department of Special Education in the College of Education. Further information about this specialization may be obtained by contacting the department directly.

The institute offers a graduate program leading to the graduate certificate in gerontology. For details, please refer to the Graduate Bulletin.

 

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