Aging Services Leadership Minor

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The Aging Services Leadership minor assists individuals interested in gaining knowledge pertaining to aging, eldercare, and gerontology. The minor prepares individuals to understand the cultural, physical, and social aspects of aging, along with the aspects of how aging affects populations. The minor prepares individuals to apply administrative principles required in the management of aging services, such as nursing homes, long-term care settings, and home health services. The minor provides required core courses, along with elective course in which students can tailor the minor to meet specifications of career goals. Potential majors to complement this minor include, but are not limited to Anthropology, Health Care Management, Integrative Health Care, Nursing, Psychology, Recreation Profession, Social Work, and Sociology. The minor is also applicable to individuals who plan to apply to graduate programs in health care or an aging field of study.

Advising

Students can contact the Department of Health Professions for advising at 303-615-1200.

Important Notice

Completion of this minor does not guarantee admission into any nursing or health professions graduate program. Students are responsible for contacting the nursing or health professions graduate program to which they are applying regarding specific prerequisite courses required by that program.

Course Selection

Students must select 18 credit hours from the following courses including at least 3 hours of upper-division credit. Courses used for a major or minor other than the Aging Services Leadership minor or used to satisfy General Studies requirements cannot be used for the Aging Services Leadership minor.

Required Courses

SOC 1040 - Introduction to Social Gerontology Credits: 3
HCM 3150 - Health Care Organization and Management Credits: 3
AGE 3800 - Long-Term Care: Managing Across the Continuum Credits: 3
SOC 3040 - Sociology of Aging Credits: 3
Subtotal: 12 credits

Elective Courses

Choose at least 6 credits from the following (at least 3 hours must be upper division):

ANT 3480 - Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness Credits: 3
COMM 3220 - Communication and the Elderly Credits: 3 *
CJC 4220 - Criminal Justice and the Elderly Credits: 3 *
FIN 3450 - Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits Credits: 3
FIN 4400 - Estate Planning Credits: 3
HCM 3030 - Health Care Jurisprudence Credits: 3 *
HCM 3700 - Health Disparities in the U.S. Credits: 3
HSP 4520 - Grief Counseling Credits: 3
ITP 1700 - Medical Terminology Credits: 2
ITP 2950 - Wellness Coaching I Credits: 3 **
OR
ESS 2700 - Wellness Coaching I Credits: 3 **
ITP 3100 - Health Education and Counseling Credits: 3 *
ITP 3200 - Ethics in Health Care Credits: 3 *
ITP 3700 - Physiology of Aging Credits: 3 *
ITP 4400 - Wellness Coaching II Credits: 3 *, **
OR
ESS 4700 - Wellness Coaching II Credits: 3 *, **
NUT 3050 - Concepts of Lifecycle Nutrition Credits: 3 *
PSY 2270 - Death, Dying, and Grieving Credits: 3 *
PSY 3270 - Adulthood and Aging Credits: 3 *
RECR 2330 - Advocacy, Leisure, and the Aging Adult Credits: 3
RECR 4630 - Recreation Programs for the Older Adult Credits: 3
SOC 3100 - Death and Dying Credits: 3 *
SOC 3810 - Population Issues: Life, Death and Migration Credits: 3 *
SWK 3030 - Social Work with Older People Credits: 3
Subtotal: 6 credits
Total: 18 credits
* Courses requiring additional prerequisite(s)

** Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HPS or ITP.