Institute for Life Span Development and Gerontology (ILSD)

Prerequisite: Permission. The certificate program student only. Explores interdisciplinary issues in life-span development and gerontology. Guest speakers from various disciplines and services which have life-span development and gerontological components and from government and community facilities and services.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Specialized topics and current issues in life-span development, gerontology, or gender. Emphasis is on original source materials, critical analyses and syntheses of empirical, theoretical and applied aspects.

An investigation of issues related to the design and implementation of pre-retirement planning and examination of life-span planning education as employed by labor, business and education.

Group studies of special topics in life-span development and gerontology. May be used as elective credit but not as part of certificate required courses. (May be repeated)

Prerequisite: Permission. Supervised experience in research or community agency work.