Offered by Management of Aging Services . The Health, Wellness, and Aging Minor provides a non-clinical overview of health and wellness in relation to the aging process that complements and supplements the academic knowledge gained in many majors.

Minor Requirements

Minimum 18 credits
Minimum grade of ‘C’ in courses applied to the minor
This minor concentration cannot be declared in conjunction with the Management of Aging Services, B.A. or the Aging Studies Minor .

Course Requirements

Required Courses (12 credits)

Complete the following:

AGNG 200 - Aging People, Policy and Management (3)
AGNG 315 - Health and the Aging Process (3)
AGNG 320 - Strength-Based Approaches to Promoting Health and Wellness in the Aging Services (3)
AGNG 389 - Integrative Approaches to Promoting Wellness in Aging (3)

Elective Courses (6 credits)

Complete 6 credits from the following:

AGNG 321 - Strength-Based Approaches to Achieving Mental Wellness in the Older Adult (3)
AGNG 355 - The Experience of Dementia (3)
AFST 390 - American Health Care System and the Black Community (3)
AFST 394 - Race, Social Inequality, and Institutional Structure (3)
BIOL 251 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3)
BIOL 307 - Human Physiology (3)
ECON 467 - Health Economics (3)
PBHL 100 - Introduction to Public Health (3)
PBHL 200 - Human Health and Disease (3)
POLI 452 - Politics of Health (3)
PSYC 306 - Lifespan Human Development (3)
PSYC 385 - Health Psychology (3)
PSYC 441 - Social/ Health Psychology (3)
SOCY 351 - Sociology of Health, Illness, and Medicine (3)

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