Overview

Why this program

You can complete the program at your own pace as either a full-time or part-time student.

Most courses are offered in the evenings to accomodate our students who need this extra flexibility due to family, work, or life.

Master's students can customize their program of study with specialty areas that are relevant to their career goals.

Our students have such a wide diversity of educational training and work and personal experience which makes for rich and dynamic learning.

The Gerontology program at Virginia Commonwealth University has a strong positive relationship with the wider community, which provides students many opportunities for networking, learning, engaging, and applying knowledge and skills acquired from courses.

VCU Gerontology has a strong commitment to viewing aging as a lifespan journey toward elderhood, with a focus on disrupting ageism where we can.

Our Assisted Living Administration speciality area is the ONLY NAB-accredited program in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the first NAB-accredited program specifically for those interested in Assisted living Administration.

Our students get jobs! 100% of our students are employed following graduation.

Program Goals

The goal of the program is to ensure that students in the program will:

Understand the biological, psychological and sociological underpinnings of aging in U.S. society as established by Association for Gerontology in Higher Education core competencies.

Gain understanding and respect for the interdisciplinary team process in effective gerontological practice.

Through a lifespan biopsychosocialspiritual approach, gain understanding of empirically and theoretically based components contributing to optimal quality of life and performance in late life as well as knowledge and skills in best practices to promote optimal aging across the life span.

Gain understanding of the existing aging network across federal, state and local levels. Thorough understanding will enable students to successfully identify their niche in the aging network, contribute to a growing field and deliver effective eldercare services.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Biological and Physiological Aging

Psychology of Aging

Social Gerontology

Problems, Issues and Trends in Gerontology

Social Science Research Methods Applied to Gerontology

Aging and Human Values

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00 , National

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International applicants must submit their applications no later than one month before the deadline for nationals

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Richmond, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

The program is open to qualified students who have earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university or the equivalent, maintained a minimum GPA of 3.0 and have satisfactory scores on the GRE or MAT.

A successful work experience may strengthen the admission credentials of applicants with marginal records.

The GRE/MAT requirement may be waived only for applicants who have successfully completed a graduate degree.

All applicants will complete an interview with Department of Gerontology faculty.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

33008 USD / year

≈ 33008 USD / year
Out-of-State

33008 USD / year

≈ 33008 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

17790 USD / year

≈ 17790 USD / year

Funding

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Overview

Why this program

Program Goals

Programme Structure

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Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

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