Course Path Example

Semester 1 (Fall)

course content credits
GMS 6483 – Theories of Aging 3
GMS 6099 – Research Methods in Gerontology 3
GMS 6484 – Geriatric and Age-Related Disease 3
GMS 6486 – Biology of Aging 3

Semester 2 (Spring)

course content credits
GMS 6485 – Population-Based Research on Aging 3
GMS 6715 – Healthy Aging: Behavioral Outcomes 3
GMS 6771 – Clinical Neuroscience of Aging 3
GMS 6487 – Anti-Aging Interventions 3

Semester 3 (Summer)

course content credits
GMS 6717 – Healthy Aging in the New Millennium 3
GMS 6495 – Data Science and Technology in Gerontology 3

Electives

course content credits
GMS 6491 – Aging Research Journal Club 1
GMS 6495 – Aging Practicum (Master’s Thesis) 3
GMS 6440 – Fundamentals of Medical Physiology 1
GMS 6474 – Medical Cardiovascular & Muscle Physiology 3
GMS 6419 – Medical Endocrine Physiology 3