Why A Gerontology Minor?
• The Gerontology Minor is one of only a handful of programs at EMU that offers truly multi-disciplinary learning experience including required courses and electives from 14 different departments and programs. • The program includes a 120 credit hour practicum that provides you with the opportunity to work directly in a setting working with or on behalf of older adults. Students may select from a great variety of interesting and challenging internship sites. • A majority of Gerontology Program faculty are deeply involved in the aging network through a broad range of community and research activities. In many instances, especially in the case of Gerontology electives, the faculty is actually employed in the field of aging. Fast facts*… – The older population comprised of persons 65 years or older numbered 36.3 million in 2004. – The older population represented 12.4% of the U.S. population. – About one in every eight Americans is 65+. – By 2030, there will be about 71.5 million older pe
