• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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The entire program can be completed either in person, online, or a hybrid of both. In other words, you don't have to come to campus to earn your MS in Gerontology.

You can complete the program at your own pace as either a full-time or part-time student.

Most courses are offered in the evenings to accommodate our students who need this extra flexibility due to family, work, or life.

Master's students can customize their program of study with specialty areas that are relevant to their career goals.

Our students have such a wide diversity of educational training and work and personal experience which makes for rich and dynamic learning.

VCU Gerontology has a strong positive relationship with the wider community, which provides students many opportunities for networking, learning, engaging, and applying knowledge and skills acquired from courses.

VCU Gerontology has a strong commitment to viewing aging as a lifespan journey toward elderhood, with a focus on disrupting ageism where we can.

Our Assisted Living Administration specialty area is the only NAB-accredited program in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the first NAB-accredited program specifically for those interested in Assisted living Administration.

The goal of the program is to ensure that students in the program will:

• Understand the biological, psychological and sociological underpinnings of aging in U.S. society as established by Association for Gerontology in Higher Education core competencies.
• Gain understanding and respect for the interdisciplinary team process in effective gerontological practice.
• Through a lifespan biopsychosocial spiritual approach, gain understanding of empirically and theoretically based components contributing to optimal quality of life and performance in late life as well as knowledge and skills in best practices to promote optimal aging across the life span.
• Gain understanding of the existing aging network across federal, state and local levels. Thorough understanding will enable students to successfully identify their niche in the aging network, contribute to a growing field and deliver effective eldercare services.

Student learning outcomes

• Students will demonstrate understanding and application of the biological, psychological, sociological and spiritual theories of aging to gerontology practice.
• Students will demonstrate understanding and respect for the interdisciplinary team process in effective gerontological practice and essential role of various disciplines on the care team. Students develop a clearer understanding of eldercare through the biopsychosocial approach, lifespan perspective and the theories within the field (as implicit in AGHE's core competencies).
• Students will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the multiple paths, methods and techniques of optimal aging in order to assist older persons, their families, program providers and policymakers toward the goal of optimal aging. A comprehensive understanding of gerontology core concepts is essential to this goal.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the aging network and will be able to make contributions to community-identified needs through the successful delivery of services in the aging network. Community engagement will take the form of field work, research, grant writing, service-learning opportunities, education and training.

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ College of Health Professions

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Have an earned baccalaureate (or higher) degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school (e.g. ACEN, CCNE, CNEA). Have completed a minimum of three credit hours in statistics with a minimum grade of B.

课程信息

学制：全日制(30 学分)在线/远程学习(30 学分)

学费：US$24,741.00 (¥ 157,400) /年

开学时间：2022八月18日, 2022一月12日

申请截止日期：

留学地点：College of Health Professions900 E. Leigh Street,RICHMOND,Virginia,23298, United States