Certification & Minor

Brigham Young University offers a certificate and minor in Gerontology.

*A change in policy has been made. Students are now able to double count classes for both their minor and their major. This makes it easier for students to minor in Gerontology.

Requirements: 15 credit hours selected from core required and elective courses.

Service Learning: (Select only one)		3 Hours
	Health Science 496R (3.0-12.0) MFHD 399R (3.0-12.0) RMYL 496R (3.0-12.0) Other internship approved by Academic Advisor At the conclusion of the internship, students are required to fill out this Internship Report Form.
Core Courses: (Select two)		5-6 Hours
	HLTH 466 Health and Aging (2.0) * MFHD 334 Aging in the Family (3.0) RMYL 307 Accessible Recreation (3.0) Soc 365 Sociology of Aging (3.0) *If you take HLTH 466, you must either take 1 more internship credit hour or 1 more elective to ensure that you complete 15 credit hours.
Gerontology Electives:		6-7 Hours
	NDFS 100 Essential of Nutrition (3.0) HLTH 320 Emergency Care (3.0) MFHD 210 Human Development (3.0) PDBIO 205 Human Biology (3.0) PDBIO 220 Elementary Human Anatomy (3.0) Psych 322 Developmental Psychology (3.0) Psych 342 Abnormal Psychology (3.0) SocW 331 Social Welfare Policy (3.0) SocW 581 Social Services for the Aging (2.0) SocW 496R (3.0-12.0) RMYL 496R (3.0-12.0) MFHD 399R (3.0-12.0) HLTH 496R (3.0-12.0) Soc 399R (3.0-12.0) Other Electives approved by Academic Advisor For Class Descriptions, Click Here.