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Gerontology

Minor Only

Link to a list of faculty for this program.

Contact Information—Graduate Minor Program in Gerontology, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, MMC 197, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-3904; fax 612-624-8448; coa@umn.edu; www.hsr.umn.edu/coa).

Curriculum—The gerontology minor is available to master's (M.A. and M.S.) and doctoral students. The minor provides a multidisciplinary foundation in gerontology for the master's minors and a more intensive preparation in aging for Ph.D. minors. Past students who have minored in gerontology have majored in many departments, including but not limited to: curriculum and instruction (adult education); communication disorders; dentistry; design, housing, and apparel; family medicine and community health; family social science; journalism and mass communication; kinesiology; nursing; psychology; social work; and sociology. The program of courses is tailored in advance, with consultation between the student and the director of graduate studies of the gerontology minor.

Prerequisites for Admission—Students must have gained admission to a master's or doctoral degree-granting program within the Graduate School, and have prepared a minor program of coursework approved by the director of graduate studies in gerontology.

Courses—Courses are ordinarily taken from a designated course list provided by the Center on Aging and annually updated by the minor program. Students are welcome to identify and propose to the director of graduate studies additional courses on aging that might fulfill the minor requirements.

Use of 4xxx Courses—4xxx courses may not be included on degree program forms.

Minor Only Requirements

The master's and doctoral minors are developed in consultation with, and should be approved in advance by, the director of graduate studies for gerontology. The master's minor requires at least 8 credits, including GERO 5105—Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging (3 cr), or an alternative course approved by the director of graduate studies.

The doctoral minor requires at least 12 credits, ordinarily including NURS 8320—Multidisciplinary Seminar on Social Perspectives of Aging (3 cr). Other courses may be substituted with the approval of the director of graduate studies.

Faculty

For latest graduate faculty listings, see <www.grad.umn.edu/faculty_rosters/faculty.html>.

Key to membership categories (abbreviations after faculty names).

Professor
Donna Z. Bliss, Nursing, M
David O. Born, Preventative Services, M
James C. Cloyd, Pharmacy Practice, M
Jim Curtsinger, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, M
Daniel F. Detzner, Family Social Science, M
Richard P. DiFabio, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, M
William Durfee, Mechanical Engineering, M
Maurice W. Dysken, Psychiatry, M
Nancy N. Eustis, Public Affairs, M
Judith M. Garrard, Public Health, M
Cynthia R. Gross, Pharmacy Practice, M
David R. Guay, Pharmacy Practice, M
Lois J. Heller, Medicine, Duluth, M
Robert L. Kane, Public Health, M
Rosalie A. Kane, Public Health, M
Helen Q. Kivnick, Social Work, M
Thomas E. Lackner, Pharmacy, M
Alice Larson, Veterinary Pathobiology, M
Tom A. Larson, Pharmacy Practice, M
Frank M. Lassman (emeritus), Otolaryngology, AM
Chap Le, Biostatistics, M
Matthew K. McGue, Psychology, M
Steven H. Miles, Medicine, M
Phyllis Moen, Sociology, M
Jeylan T. Mortimer, Sociology, M
Jean K. Quam, Social Work, M
Jon Schommer, Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, M
Stephen Schondelmeyer, Pharmacy Practice, M
Virginia Seybold, Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy, M
Marlene S. Stum, Family Social Science, M
Marc Swiontkowski, Orthopedic Surgery, M
David Thomas, Biochemistry, M
Michael Wade, Kinesiology, M
Jean Wyman, Nursing, M

Associate Professor
Lynn Blewett, Public Health, M
Debra Ferrington, Ophthalmology, M
James Gambucci, Preventive Sciences, M
Priscilla A. Gibson, Social Work, M
Leslie A. Grant, Carlson School of Management, M
Merrie J. Kaas, Nursing, M
Kathleen Krichbaum, Nursing, M
Elizabeth Lightfoot, Social Work, M
Terry Lum, Social Work, M
Christine A. Mueller, E, Nursing, M
James T. Pacala, Family Medicine and Community Health, M
Rosemarie J. Park, Work, Community, and Family Education, M
James R. Reinardy, Social Work, M
Robert C. Serfass, Kinesiology, M
Stephen K. Shuman, Preventive Sciences, M
Carla E. S. Tabourne, Kinesiology, M
LaDora V. Thompson, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, M

Assistant Professor
Michael K Davern, Public Health, M
Joseph E. Gaugler, Nursing, M
Jeremy L. Holtzman, Medicine, M
Hee Lee, Social Work, M
Dawn Annette Lowe, Biochemistry, M
David B. Luke, English, M
Teresa C. McCarthy, Family Medicine and Community Health, M

Clinical Assistant Professor
Patrick W. Irvine, Medicine, M

Lecturer
Wayne Caron, Family Social Science, M

Research Associate
Lois Cutler, Public Health, M
Celia W. Gershenson, Psychology, M
Leann M. Snow, Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation, M

Other
Ursala Bea Krinke, Epidemiology, M
David M Radosevich, Surgery, M
Huber R. Warner, Biological Science, M

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