The minor provides students with both basic understandings of the normal aging process and common deviations from the normal patterns of growth and development in old age, as well as knowledge of public policy and services affecting the aged. This minor is especially appropriate for majors in business, communication arts, construction management, criminal justice, economics, education (adult learners), government and politics, health studies, international studies, journalism, liberal studies, management, nursing, psychology, public relations, sociology and anthropology, and therapeutic recreation.
Total credit hours required for minor: 18