Bachelor of Arts in Health and Aging

The interdisciplinary, applied program in Health and Aging is designed to prepare students of all ages for work in businesses, social agencies, hospitals and government agencies related to the health care of the elderly.  Students will take course work in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, nursing, as well as business. Students will have opportunities to do applied work in these areas through internship experiences in agencies that provide products, services, or other resources for the elderly.  After completing 120 hours of coursework, students will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Health and Aging and be prepared to take entry level, management or supervisory positions in community agencies and businesses.

Curriculum in the Bachelor of Art in Health and Aging Program includes…

1.  General Educational Requirements for the School of Arts and Science

2.  Required Core Courses from the Health and Aging Major (31 credits)

• HLAG A190  Introduction to the Major  (3 credits)
• NURS B233  Health and Wellness (3 credits)
• HLAG A300  Sociology of Aging (3 credits)
• PSY K300  Statistics (3 credits)
• HLAG A312  Evaluation and Use of Research in Health and Aging (3 credits)
• HLAG A413  Capstone Senior Seminar in Health and Aging (3 credits)
• Choice of SOC S314 The Social Aspects of Medicine or SOC S316  Sociology of the Family (3 credits)
• HLAG A412  Internship in Health and Aging (3-6 credits)

Three other courses from a list of approved Health and Aging Electives in fields such as…  (9 credits)

Psychology	Medical Anthropology
Communication Arts	Philosophy
Nursing	Sociology

 

Minor in Health and Aging

Requires 17-19 credit hours of course work as specified below:

Required HLAG Courses for the Minor (12 credit hours)

• HLAG A190  Introduction to Health and Aging  (3 cr.)
• HLAG A300  Sociology of Aging (SOC S331)  (3 cr.)
• HLAG A412  Internship in Health and Aging  (3 cr.)
• HLAG A413  Capstone Seminar (3 cr.)

 

HLAG Electives (5-7 credit hours):  Select two courses from two different disciplines

• HLAG A312      Using Research in Health and Aging (3 cr.)
• SOC S314        Social Aspects of Health and Medicine (3 cr.)
• SOC S316        Family (3 cr.)
• NURS B233      Health and Wellness (4 cr.)
• PSY P216         Life Span Development (3 cr.)
• ANTH E445      Medical Anthropology (3 cr.)
• SPCH C380     Organizational Communication (3 cr.)
• SPCH C325      Interviewing (3 cr.)
• PSY P303         Health Psychology
• CLAS C209      Medical Terms from Greek and Latin (2 cr.)
• PSY P326         Behavioral Neuroscience (3 cr.)

 

One psychology may be double counted toward the Psychology major/HLAG minor.  Also, HLAG A312 may not be repeated if the student has taken PSY 211.

 

For more information contact Indiana University Kokomo at:

C. Catherine Barnes  Academic Advisor Main Building, Room 210A 765/455-9381 email: cibarnes@iuk.edu

Dr. Nancy Greenwood Director, Health and Aging Program Main Building, Room 231 765/455-9445 email: ngreenwo@iuk.edu