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2025-2026 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog

Certificate in Gerontology for Nurse Practitioners

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Curriculum

Core Advance Nursing Practice (Required): 5 Credits

NURNP 2526 - MANAGEMENT: GERIATRIC HEALTH THEORY
OR
NURNP 2526D - MANAGEMENT: GERIATRIC HEALTH
NURNP 2527 - ADVANCED MANAGEMENT: COMPLEX GERIATRIC HEALTH ISSUES
OR
NURNP 2527D - ADVANCED MANAGEMENT: COMPLEX GERIATRIC HEALTH ISSUES

Electives: 6 Credits

Choose two courses from the following:

GERON 2001 - ETHICS AND AGING
GERON 2002 - PREVENTION AND HEALTHY AGING
GERON 2004 - MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN LATE-LIFE
GERON 2005 - PERSPECTIVES IN AGING
GERON 2006 - MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF DEMENTIA
GERON 2008 - HUMAN PERFORMANCE, NUTRITION AND AGING
GERON 2009 - AGING AND COMMUNICATION
NURNP 2529 - GERONTOLOGY CLINICAL PRACTICUM

Total Credits: 11

*Courses with a ”D“ can be delivered synchronously via distance technology. Such courses are open only to qualified onsite students as per Policy 438.

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