Leadership in Aging Services (18)

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Certificate of Graduate Study

This interdisciplinary certificate prepares students for leadership positions within the senior housing and healthcare industry, including long-term care administration. With satisfactory completion of undergraduate course work in accounting and these courses related to laws and regulations concerning long term care, the aging process, and administrative and financial aspects of operation, students meet course work requirements for the examination required to be licensed as a Nursing Home Administration in Illinois. This certificate is open to any NIU graduate student or graduate student-at-large in good academic standing in the university. A student wishing to pursue this certificate should consult with their program advisor or School of Family and Consumer Sciences program faculty. Contact: Julie Boggess, Interim Director of Gerontology.

Primary Content Area (12)

GERO 568 - Leadership in Aging Services Credits: 3
HDFS 565 - Theories and Issues in Aging Studies Credits: 3
PHHE 533 - Principles of Long-Term Care Administration Credits: 3
PHHE 653 - Financial Decision Making for Health Services Managers Credits: 3

Choose two of the following (6)

GERO 567 - Fieldwork in Gerontology Credits: 3
HDFS 586 - Aging and the Family Credits: 3
PHHE 510 - Coping with Death, Dying, and Loss Credits: 3