Certificate Program in the PEPPER INSTITUTE ON AGING AND PUBLIC POLICY

College of Social Sciences

Director: Melissa Hardy (Sociology); Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar Chair: Quadagno (Sociology); Professors: Charness (Psychology), Cowart (Urban and Regional Planning), Hardy (Sociology), Quadagno (Sociology); Associate Professor: Bourgeois (Communication Disorders); Assistant Professors: Reynolds, Taylor (Sociology); Affiliates: Barrilleaux, Ebner, Heron, Licht, MacPherson, Miles, Ralston, Serow, Shepherd, Toole, Vinton

The Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy has a multidisciplinary focus and plays a coordinating and facilitating role for the work in all academic units with interests in aging and social policy. As an internationally recognized site of multidisciplinary research, the institute reflects many of the strengths of The Florida State University. Through the College of Social Sciences, the Pepper Institute now offers a Master's Degree in Aging Studies. The institute supports a rigorous research program that mirrors the interests of faculty and their contributions to health policy, health care and health financing; retirement, pensions and income inequality; family structure, care-giving and end-of-life issues; social welfare policy and the special concerns of older women and minority group members. The institute also sponsors an exceptional educational outreach program for mature adults, the Academy at FSU. As part of the broader University community, the Pepper Institute seeks to teach each new generation the importance of learning as a life-long activity and the value of service to others. The Pepper Institute offers an undergraduate and graduate Certificate in Aging Studies 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. For more information contact: slampman@mailer.fsu.edu

Requirements for the undergraduate Certificate in Aging Studies include a three (3) semester hour internship (ISS 4944r Practicum in Aging Studies) enabling students to gain experience in a setting associated with services for the elderly and the completion of an additional nine (9) semester hours of course work in aging from the list of approved courses.

Selected Course Offerings

• AMS 3932r Lecture Series inAmerican Problems[Aging of America] (3–6)
• DEP 4404 Psychology of Aging (3) [Prerequisite: PSY 2012]
• ECO 3933 Special Topics in Economics[Economics of Aging] (3)
• ECP 3530 Economics of Health (3)
• FAD 4340 Later Maturity (3)
• FAD 4936r Special Topics: Family or Housing [Housing for the Elderly] (3–9)
• HFT 3272 Senior ServicesManagement (3)
• ISS 4931 Special Topics [AgingStudies] (1–3)
• ISS 4944r Internship [Practicum inAging Studies] (3–6)
• NUR 4284 Dynamics of Aging (3)
• PET 3932r Special Topics In Wellness and Exercise Science [Physical Dimensions of Aging] (3–6)
• PSB 4641 Pain and Suffering (3)
• PSY 4930r Special Topics In Psychology [Successful Aging] (3)
• RCS 4930r Special Topics in Rehabilitation Counseling [Social Psychology of Aging] (1–4)
• REL 3191 Death and Dying (3)
• SOW 4645 Aging and Old Age: Social Work with the Aged (3)
• SOW 4935r Seminar in Social Work: Selected Topics [Aging] (3)
• SPA 4411 Acquired LanguageDisorders (3)
• SYP 3730 Aging and The Life Course (3)
• URP 4523 Introduction toHealth Planning (3)

Other opportunities for concentrated study in aging are available by earning a minor in aging in conjunction with another discipline. The institute also offers a Master's Degree in Aging Studies as well as a graduate Certificate in Aging Studies. For details, please refer to theGraduate Bulletin.

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