Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life Course: Courses

Core Courses for Option 1: Aging and the Life Course

Master's Level

Course CodeCourse Title
Principles of Aging

Doctoral Level

Course CodeCourse Title
Advanced Research Seminar in Aging and the Life Course

Core Courses for Option 2: Palliative and Supportive Care

Master's Level

Course CodeCourse Title
Multidisciplinary Research Concepts in Palliative and Supportive Care

Doctoral Level

Course CodeCourse Title
Advanced Research Methodologies in Palliative and Supportive Care

Elective Courses for Option 1 or 2

Special topics courses can be taken as part of the program requirements of this collaborative specialization. Students must check their home graduate unit's website for course availability in any given session.

Course CodeCourse Title
Preventive Dentistry
Interventions to Enhance Health, Abilities, and Well-Being
Aphasia
Motor Speech Disorders
Intermediate Data Analysis
Social Work Practice in Palliative Care (Social Work students only)
Special Issues in Gerontological Social Work
Family Practice Across the Life Cycle
Special Topics in Social Work in Gerontology
Special Studies III

Requests to approve other courses as equivalent to fulfil collaborative specialization requirements may be made to the collaborative specialization committee. Students taking either option may choose the master's core course in the other option as an elective.

Additional Electives for Option 2 Only

Course CodeCourse Title
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research
Economic Evaluation Methods for Health Systems Research
Resource Allocation Ethics
Introduction to Computational Biostatistics with R
Nursing Ethics
Foundations of Qualitative Inquiry
Doing Qualitative Research: Design and Data Collection
Theories of Pain: Impact on the Individual, Family, and Society
Persistent Illness: Theoretical, Research, and Practice Implications
Coping With Illness
Bioethics
Topics in Bioethics