Program Overview

College of Health and Human Services

The College of Health and Human Services offers a range of programs, including majors, minors, specializations, graduate programs, and certificates.

Majors

• Online Allied Health
• Applied Health Science
• Communication Sciences & Disorders
• Criminal Justice
• Dietetics
• Gerontology
• Medical Laboratory Science
• Nursing
• Nutrition Science
• Public Health
• Respiratory Care
• Social Work

Minors

• Gerontology
• Food and Nutrition
• Public Health

Specializations

• Health Care Administration
• Health Science (Pre-med, Pre-PT, Pre-OT)
• Long-term Care Administration
• Pre-Pharmacy

Graduate Programs

• Doctor of Physical Therapy
• Doctor of Occupational Therapy
• Master of Communication Sciences & Disorders
• Master of Criminal Justice
• Master of Health Services Administration
• Master of Food and Nutrition
• Master of Social Work
• Ph.D. Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Speech Language Pathology Concentration

Internship Program

• Dietetic Internship Program

Certificates

• Food & Nutrition Graduate Certificate

Department of Human Services

The Department of Human Services offers programs in:

• Criminal Justice
• Social Work
• Gerontology
  • Long-Term Care Administration
  • Practicum/Field Experience
  • Gerontology Minor
  • Faculty
  • Gerontology Student Association
  • Forms
  • Employment
  • Links
  • Peace Corps Fellows Program

Gerontology Program

Practicum/Field Experience

The final components of gerontology students' curriculum are the Practicum (GERO 4910) and Practicum Seminar (GERO 4930), which is normally taken during the senior year.

Purposes of the Practicum

The basic purposes of the practicum are to:

• Provide students with a professional experience and to provide an opportunity for career orientation.
• Give students an opportunity to put the knowledge they accumulated to use in a facility serving the elderly and thus begin to integrate knowledge and practice.
• Give general gerontology students an understanding of the workings of a specific program/agency/institution and its relationship to other programs/agencies/institutions.

Prerequisites to Enrollment in the Practicum

• Students must be seniors at the time they begin the Practicum and have a grade point average of 2.5 one semester prior to the beginning of the Practicum.
• Students must complete at least 50 clock hours of volunteer or paid experience in one or more programs, agencies, or institutions serving the elderly.
• An interview with the Internship Coordinator will be conducted in the first month of the semester before the student believes that he/she is ready to begin practicum.

Evaluations and Grading

The Practicum experience is graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. The preceptor in the facility is provided an evaluation form by the Internship Coordinator. The evaluation form elicits information from both the preceptor and the student. The Practicum Seminar letter grade is based on the student's performance as assessed by Internship Coordinator, the preceptor, and the successful completion of the daily activity log and other coursework as assigned in the course module.