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Program Description

The Gerontology Minor is in a multidisciplinary field that is professionally diverse and rapidly growing. An experiential learning opportunity is strongly recommended as it allows students to apply the substantive content presented in the classroom to work in the world beyond the university.

The Gerontology Minor is open to undergraduates throughout Cornell.

Academic Standards

Grade Requirements

Each course must be taken for a letter grade. If a course is offered only S-U, a grade of SX is acceptable.

Program Information

• Minimum Credits for Minor: 12

Minor Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses
Select one of the following:
HD 2510	Social Gerontology: Aging and the Life Course	3
HD 2180	Human Development: Adulthood and Aging	3

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Additional Coursework		9
DEA/COGST 1112	Change-making: Designing Healthy and Hospitable Environments	3
DEA 4500	Policy Meets Design: High-Impact Facilities of the 21st Century	3
DEA 5700	Designing Age Friendly Environments	3
EDUC 2200	Introduction to Adult Learning	4
FSAD 4660	Textiles, Apparel, and Innovation	3
HD 3120	Lifespan Memory Development	3
HD 3290	Self-regulation Across the Life Span	3
HD 3490	The Science of Well-Being	3
HD 4600	Professional Development in Geriatric and Palliative Research	1.5
HD 4610	Community and Residential Services in Geriatric and Palliative Care	1.5
HD 6290	The Structure and Dynamics of Self-Regulation	4
NS 1220	Nutrition and the Life Cycle	3
NS 4410	Nutrition and Disease	4
NS 4500	Public Health Nutrition	3
PUBPOL/SOC 2030	Population and Public Policy	4
PUBPOL 2350	The U.S. Health Care System	3
PUBPOL 3080/ECON 3250	Economics of the U.S. Social Safety Net	3
PUBPOL 3230	Public Policy for an Aging Society	3
PUBPOL 3280	Fundamentals of Population Health	3
PUBPOL 3650	Social Care Navigation to Advance Health Equity	3
PUBPOL 3780	Global Comparative Health Care Systems	3
PUBPOL 5500	Introduction to Senior Living and Related Programs	2
PUBPOL 5520	Health Care Services: Consumer and Ethical Perspectives	1.5
PUBPOL 5740	Health Facilities Planning Fundamentals for Managers/Entrepreneurs/Pre-Clinicians	1
SOC 2202/GDEV 2010	Population and Social Change	3

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If a student takes both HD 2510 Social Gerontology: Aging and the Life Course and HD 2180 Human Development: Adulthood and Aging, one of these may count toward the 9 credits. If both HD 3290 Self-regulation Across the Life Span and HD 6290 The Structure and Dynamics of Self-Regulation are taken, only one counts.