GRN 490 - Gerontology Field Placement

Offered Fall: No Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: Contact Department

1-4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 4-0-0
Prerequisites: Gerontology minor, completion of gerontology minor core.

Provides students in the gerontology minor with the opportunity to interface with older adults in a social or health care setting. Course also provides a learning experience for students. In cooperation with the professional community serving older adults, students get hands-on experience designed to benefit students in their career objectives.

Notes: Students who are required to take a field placement for their major would have to enroll for at least one GRN 490 credit and make the additional three credit hours up with an approved gerontology minor course substitution.