Gerontology Elective Courses

Students take one aging elective. Twenty-five percent of course content must be on aging. Listed below are examples of courses students have taken in the past to fulfill their elective requirement. Electives must be approved by the CGSP coordinator or your faculty representative prior to taking the course.

Assumption College

SR 421 Loss and Bereavement 
IDS 205E* Women and Aging
IDS 105E* Issues in Loss & Grief 
SOC 122/122E*  Social Problems 
SOC 123/123E* The Family in Society
SOC 224/224E* Gender Issues in Society
SOC 234 Social Policy
PLS 222E* Elder Law
IDS 213E*  Well Informed: Growing Old with Health & Wisdom

College of the Holy Cross

SOCL 263  Medical Sociology 
SOCL 362 Aging and Health Care
PSYC 360  Psychopathology and Aging
SOCL 256 Self and Society 
PSYC 229  Abnormal Psychology
SOCL 271  The Family
SOCL 262 Sociology of Mental Health 
SOCL 275  The Sociology of Men
RELS 230 Theological Perspectives on Medical Ethics

Clark University

SOC 241  Sociology of Medicine
SOC 260  Family Issues in an Aging Society
EDUC 269 The Skilled Helper
SOC 175  The Family 
PSYC 142 Sensation and Perception
SOC 105 The Social Research Process

Worcester State College

UR 352  Policy Planning for an Aging Society
HE 320  Aging and Death
UR 344 A Society for All Ages
PS 305  Psychology Methods 
UR 340  Urban Housing Dilemma
UR 341  Urban Health and Social Services Systems
UR 321  Social Work in Urban Society 
PS 485  Intro to Neuropsychology 
UR 320  Human Needs and Social Policy 

*Continuing Education Courses are not open to cross registration.