Admission

Undergraduate students may earn this minor in addition to the baccalaureate degree. A student who decides to pursue this minor should visit https://sph.indiana.edu/academics/public/selectMinor.html to declare it.  Alternatively, the student may visit the records office of his or her degree-granting school/unit to have this minor officially added as an academic objective. Students are responsible for checking with their degree-granting schools/units to determine whether or not this minor may be officially recorded on their transcripts.

Students considering this minor may visit Janet Donley for academic advising.

Janet Donley
Academic Advisor
Department of Applied Health Science
School of Public Health - Bloomington
SPH C006
1025 E. 7th St.
Bloomington, IN  47405-7109
(812) 855-2032
jdonley [at] indiana [dot] edu

Requirements

This undergraduate minor program is intended for students in degree programs who wish to add a Healthy Aging specialty to their studies. This minor requires:

• successful completion of 15 credit hours prescribed below.
• a minimum grade of C- in each course used in the minor.
• a minimum cumulative minor GPA of 2.0.

Note: No course in this minor may be taken under the Pass/Fail Option.

Complete one of the following two tracks:

Social Aging Track

Required Foundational Courses (9 cr.)
Complete each of the following three courses:

• SPH-B 315 Health in the Later Years (3 cr.)
• SPH-B 354 Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Gerontology (3 cr.)
• SPH-B 335 Aging, Health, and Diverse Populations (3 cr.)

Elective Courses (6 cr.)
Compete two courses from the following:

• SPH-K 360 Determinants of Successful Active Living (3 cr.)
• SPH-F 150 Introduction to Life-Span Development (3 cr.) S&H
• SPH-F 348 Human Development III: Early, Middle, and Late Adulthood (3 cr.) P: SPH-F150
• SPH-H 220 Death and Dying (3 cr.) S&H
• SPHS-S 307 Cognition/Communication in Aging (3 cr.) P: One of SPHS-S110, S215, or S108; and SPHS-S201 or ANAT-A215

Active Aging Track

Required Foundational Courses (12 cr.)
Complete each of the following four courses:

• SPH-B 315 Health in the Later Years (3 cr.)
• SPH-K 360 Determinants of Successful Active Living (3 cr.)
• SPH-K 342 Foundations of Physical Activity Instruction for Older Adults (3 cr.)
• SPH-K 422 Programming for Age Related Medical Considerations (3 cr.)

Elective Course (3 cr.)
Complete any one course from the following:

• SPH-B 335 Aging Health, and Diverse Populations (3 cr.)
• SPH-B 354 Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Gerontology (3 cr.)
• SPH-K 412 Exercise and Disease (3 cr.)
• SPH-K 496 Practicum Experience in Kinesiology: Exercise Leadership (1-3 cr.)
• SPH-N 331 Lifecycle Nutrition (3 cr.)
• SPH-N 220 Nutrition and Health (3 cr.)
• SPH-N 231 Human Nutrition (3 cr.)
• SPH-B 416 Health Counseling (3 cr.)
• SPHS-S 307 Cognition/Communication in Aging (3 cr.) P: One of SPHS-S110, S215, or S108; and SPHS-S201 or ANAT-A215