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Purpose: The curriculum is designed to provide a broad base of knowledge, methods and skills which underlie comprehensive delivery of human services with options or specialties in the gerontology field. The occupational objectives include: gerontology assistant.
| Credits | ||||||
| First Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| ENG | 111 | College Composition I | 3 | |||
| HMS | 109 | Struc. Career Plan. in Hum. Serv. | 3 | |||
| MTH | 120 | Introduction to Mathematics | 3 | |||
| PSY | 115 | Health Psychology | 3 | |||
| SPD | 110 | Intro. to Speech Communications | 3 | |||
| STD | Elective | 1 | ||||
| HMS | 131 | Basic Interviewing for Care Managers | 3 | |||
| HMS | 274 | Physical Care Management | 3 | |||
| HMS | 231 | Gerontology I | 3 | |||
| HMS | 290 | Coordinated Internship | 3 | |||
| PED | 220 | Adult Health & Development | 2 | |||
| Total Credits/Semester | 18 | 14 | ||||
| Credits | ||||||
| Second Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| HMS | 232 | Gerontology II | 3 | |||
| HMS | 239 | Community Services for the Elderly | 3 | |||
| HMS | 230 | Assessment Techniques for Care Managers | 3 | |||
| HMS | 275 | Adult Home Administration | 3 | |||
| HMS | 229 | Working with Support Groups | 3 | |||
| SOC | 245 | Sociology of Aging | 3 | |||
| IST | Elective | 3 | ||||
| HMS | 240 | Legal & Policy Issues for Older | ||||
| Populations | 3 | |||||
| HMS | 238 | Selected Topics in Aging | 3 | |||
| HMS | 290 | Coordinated Internship | 3 | |||
| SOC | 247 | Death and Dying | 3 | |||
| Total Credits/Semester | 18 | 15 | ||||
Total credits for the A.A.S. Degree in Gerontology: Care Management = 65.
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