Practicum/Field Placement

Catalog description

This course provides a supervised work experience with both well and frail elderly. The student is required to spend seven (7) hours per week in an agency approved by the Coordinator of Gerontology. The field experience is supplemented by a regularly scheduled integrative seminar. Students seeking the Minor must accumulate 100 hours. Applications with approval must be on file in the Gerontology Program prior to enrollment.