Jan 30, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Gerontology Certificate


Interested students should contact Dr. Maria Carpiac at maria.carpiac@csulb.edu

This program is designed to educate individuals as gerontology specialists within a major area of study. Graduates work in community programs, health services organizations, government agencies, and the private sector.

The Certificate in Gerontology may be earned in conjunction with a baccalaureate degree or awarded subsequent to earning a bachelor’s degree. Courses taken in the student’s major department may be approved to satisfy certificate requirements as may general education and elective courses also used to complete the bachelor’s degree if they contain appropriate gerontology content.

Please be aware that this program is not eligible for Financial Aid unless pursued concurrently with a degree program.

This certificate is state supported.

Requirements


  1. Consult with the Gerontology Program Director to add the Certificate in Gerontology to the major program of study.
  2. A bachelor’s degree in any major (may be taken concurrently)
  3. A minimum GPA of 2.5

24 units distributed as follows


Take 15 required units including the following:


Take one of the following:


Take one of the following:


Take a minimum of nine units


Take a minimum of nine units chosen in consultation with the Gerontology Program Director from a list of approved elective courses. Three units may be fulfilled by taking  or an approved substitute.