Specialized Gero Model Syllabi

These model syllabi, which can guide programs that want to offer specialized coursework on issues of aging and older adults, are arranged by the following topics:

Social Gerontology/Introduction to Aging Courses
Older Adults and Families
Direct Practice with Older Adults
Macro Practice with Older Adults
Policy and Aging
Aging and Diversity
Aging and Mental Health, Health or Substance Use

Social Gerontology/Introduction to Aging Courses

Aging in a Changing Society (BSW)
Wartburg College

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Older Adults and Families

Aging Populations and their Families (MSW)
State University of New York at Buffalo

Intergenerational Families: Aging (MSW)
University of Texas-Pan American

Perspectives on Older Adults and the Aging Family (MSW)
State University of New York College at Brockport

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Direct Practice with Older Adults

Advanced Direct Practice with Older Adults (MSW)
University of California, Los Angeles

Gerontological Social Work (MSW)
California State University, Stanislaus

Practice with Older Adults: A Service Learning Course (MSW)
University of Nebraska Omaha

Practice with Older People and Their Families (MSW)
Fordham University

Seminar in Advanced Social Work Practice with Elders (MSW)
California State University, Fresno

Urban Social Work Practice with the Aged and Their Families (MSW)
Morgan State University

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Macro Practice with Older Adults

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Policy and Aging

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Aging and Diversity

Diversity and Aging (MSW)
Loma Linda University

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Aging and Mental Health, Health or Substance Use

Aging and Mental Health (MSW)
University of Chicago

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