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DESCRIPTION:

To provide new students, as well as working professionals in the health and social services fields, with specialized knowledge of gerontological issues that will help them better understand and serve older adults.

BEGINNING SEMESTERS: Fall: Airport Campus Spring: Beltline Campus

CAMPUS: Airport (Day-Only), Beltline (Evening-Only)

PLACEMENT TEST SCORES REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN CURRICULUM COURSES:

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

A minimum of 27 semester hours is required with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better.

PROGRAM NOTES:

1. Students must successfully complete 27 hours of required courses.
2. HUS 260, Human Services Special Topics, will be set up in module fashion. Topics will include the various dementias, elder law issues, and economics of aging and public policy issues.
3. HUS 201, Family System Dynamics, will focus on “family-centered” aging, care giving issues to include grandparents caring for grandchildren.
4. HUS 134, Activity Therapy, will teach students the skills to develop a range of activities that will address both the “healthy” seniors as well as “unhealthy” (physically, mentally and psychologically challenged).

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
First Semester
Course		Prerequisites
HUS 205	Gerontology	RDG 100 & ENG 032; They must be completed with minimum grades of "C"
HUS 260	Human Services Special Topics	RDG 100, ENG 100; They must be completed with minimum grades of "C"
HUS 201	Family System Dynamics	ENG 100, PSY 201, SOC 101; They must be completed with minimum grades of "C"
Second Semester
HUS 209	Case Management	ENG 101, HUS 101, HUS 230, PSY 201; They must be completed with minimum grades of "C"
AHS 153	Concepts of Geriatric Care	RDG 100
HUS 112	Services for the Elderly	RDG 100 & ENG 032; They must be completed with minimum grades of "C"
Third Semester
HUS 206	Death and Dying	RDG 100, ENG 100; They must be completed with minimum grades of "C"
HUS 134	Activity Therapy	RDG 100 & ENG 032; They must be completed with minimum grades of "C"
HUS 150	Supervised Field Placement I	HUS 205, HUS 209 or by permission of the program director; They must be completed with minimum grades of "C"

12/04/08

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