The interdisciplinary minor in aging consists of seven courses, which must include either 01:830:335 Adult Development and Aging or 01:920:303 Social Gerontology, normally taken as introductory courses. Both courses may be counted towards the minor. The remaining courses must be selected from the list below. A minimum of three courses must be taken at the 300 level or above. At least five of the seven courses must be taken outside the student's major, with at least two courses in one other discipline. The minor also requires the completion of a culminating paper that may be done in conjunction with any upper-level course listed below, in a faculty-sponsored independent study course, or as a departmental or college honors project. This paper is considered for approval by two members of the interdisciplinary committee, one of whom may be a faculty member in the student's major.

Courses approved for satisfaction of minor requirements include the following:

01:070:366 Anthropology of Old Age (3)

01:220:316 Health Economics (3)

01:220:340 Economics of Income Inequality and Discrimination (3)

01:220:348 Economics of Social Welfare Programs (3)

01:377:218 Exercise and Health (3)

01:377:304 Exercise and Aging (3)

01:506:113 Patterns in Civilization: Death (3)

01:506:331 The Family in History (3)

01:512:121 Health and Environment in America (3)

01:512:220 Your Family in History (3)

37:575:315 Protective Labor Legislation (3)

11:709:345 Nutrition and Development through the Life Span (3)

11:709:498 Nutrition and Disease (3)

01:730:249 Medical Ethics (3)

01:730:371 Philosophies of Death and Dying (3)

01:790:305 Public Policy Formation (3)

01:830:271 Psychology of the Family (3)

01:830:335 Adult Development and Aging (3)

01:830:495 or 496 Research in Psychology (3)

10:832:238 Health and Public Policy (3)

01:840:112 Death and Afterlife (3)

01:840:341 Religion and Psychology (3)

01:920:303 Social Gerontology (3)

01:920:438 Sociology of Age (3)

01:920:495 Research in Sociology (3)

Program Director:

Ellen L. Idler, Sociology; Ph.D., Yale

Program Committee:

Stephen Crystal, Social Work; Ph.D., Harvard

Cynthia Daniels, Political Science; Ph.D., Massachusetts

Adrienne Eaton, Labor Studies; Ph.D., Wisconsin

Philip Greven, History; Ph.D., Harvard

Gerald Grob, History; Ph.D., Northwestern

James Jones, Religion; Ph.D., Brown

Deirdre Kramer, Psychology; Ph.D., Temple

Robert Kusch, English; Ph.D., Northwestern

Howard Leventhal, Psychology; Ph.D., North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

Karen Mittleman, Exercise Science and Sport Studies; Ph.D., Simon Fraser

Daniel Ogilvie, Psychology; Ph.D., Harvard

Michelle Ochsner, Urban Studies and Community Health; Ph.D., Columbia

Adria Sherman, Nutrition; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

Margaret Snell, Health Care Education and Supervision; Ed.D., Rutgers

Heather Strange, Anthropology; Ph.D., New York

Daniel Tichenor, Political Science; Ph.D., Brandeis

Additional Faculty:

For a list of additional faculty associated with the program, contact the program director.