3310 Gerontology Institute

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Main Office 605 One Park Place; 404-413-5210

Gerontology Institute
605 One Park Place
404-413-5210
Email: gerontology@gsu.edu
gerontology.gsu.edu

Elisabeth Burgess, Director
Wendy Simonds, Director of Graduate StudiesGerontology is more than an academic subject; it provides a way of understanding ourselves and our families as we move across the life course, and it seeks to explain how our society and the world are being revolutionized by an aging population. We know that the aging process is universal. Gerontology shows us how this process is bounded by our genes, our mind, our culture, and our social networks. It acknowledges the realities that often beset old age, but recognizes that the aging process also is malleable and meaningful. Gerontology provides us with powerful tools for understanding the forces that are fundamentally altering our society as well as how they will shape our own future selves. The Gerontology Institute offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) and a Certificate in Gerontology for students who wish to prepare for careers in the field of aging and focus their graduate studies in the area of gerontology.

Applicants may obtain additional information about the Gerontology Institute by contacting the addresses above.

Programs

• Sociology/Gerontology, B.A./M.A.

• Gerontology, Graduate Certificate

• Administration Concentration
• Gerontology, M.A.
• Gerontology, M.A., Research Concentration

Courses

• GERO 6475 - Communication and Aging
• GERO 7110 - Aging Policy and Services
• GERO 7200 - Health and the Older Adult
• GERO 7260 - Aging Practice, Policy, and Research
• GERO 8000 - Seminar in Gerontology
• GERO 8100 - Research Methods in Gerontology
• GERO 8102 - Life Course Sociology
• GERO 8110 - Evaluation Research in Gerontology
• GERO 8115 - Qualitative Gerontology
• GERO 8116 - Sociology of Aging
• GERO 8119 - Global Aging and Social Policies
• GERO 8120 - Intervention Research Methodology: Design, Implementation, and Dissemination
• GERO 8122 - Death, Dying, and Loss
• GERO 8124 - Diversity and Aging
• GERO 8130 - Ties that Bind: Family, Intimacy, and Aging
• GERO 8200 - Aging Program Administration
• GERO 8320 - Psychology of Aging
• GERO 8330 - Mental Health and Aging
• GERO 8340 - Dementia
• GERO 8700 - Special Topics in Gerontology
• GERO 8800 - Directed Readings in Gerontology
• GERO 8850 - Capstone Seminar in Gerontology
• GERO 8910 - Gerontology Internship
• GERO 8920 - Careers in Aging
• GERO 8990 - Research Practicum
• GERO 8999 - Thesis Research

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