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Graduate Certificate in Gerontology

2 Years On Campus Certificate Program

University of Missouri Kansas City

Program Overview

A graduate gerontology certificate can be a way to begin to explore a new career or it can bring added value to an existing career. This eighteen-credit program can be taken either as a free-standing curriculum or be integrated with a graduate degree program at UMKC. Students from such diverse fields as social work, counseling, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, dental hygiene, sociology, law, architecture, and education have completed the certificate. Students should contact the Program Director to discuss enrollment and a plan of study.

Program Key Stats

$24250 (Annual cost)


75%

Eligibility Criteria


6
80

Additional Information & Requirements

The Social Science Consortium (SSC) is only available as a co-discipline option, not as a coordinating-unit discipline, and has no discipline-specific admission requirements. Recommendations for admission are made by a designated sub-committee of SSC doctoral faculty which reviews all applications. Newly admitted students are assigned an interim SSC faculty advisor, pending formation of their supervisory committee.

Career Options

  • Assistant Professor
  • Research Assistant
  • Chairperson-Social and Student Services Advisor II

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