Minor

Admission requires a minimum of 30 units with a 2.0 or higher cumulative grade point average (GPA). Students must also have completed at least two of the following prerequisite courses or have obtained a mininum C grade in GERO 300 or B grade in GERO 101.

Any questions about admission requirements can be sent to geradmin@sfu.ca. Please include an advising transcript.

Prerequisite Courses (Any Two)

BPK 105 Fundamentals of Human Structure and Function (3)

BPK 142 introduction to Kinesiology (3)

PSYC 100 introduction to Psychology I (3)

PSYC 102 Introduction to Psychology II (3)

SA 150 Introduction to Sociology (S) (4)

STAT 203 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences (3)

HSCI 100 Human Biology (3)

HSCI 130 Foundations of Health Science (4)

Option 1

GERO 101-3  Aging and Society

and 15 units chosen from

or, instead of the above, students may choose to complete

Option 2

GERO 300-3  Introduction to Gerontology

and 12 units chosen from the following

Note: You cannot take both Gero 101 and Gero 300 for credit because they overlap in content, so you have to take one or the other. Six units maximum of the following courses may be applied toward the minor with prior advisor approval: EDUC 351 Teaching the Older Adult, PSYCH 357 Adulthood and Aging, HSCI 216 - Ecological Determinants of Human Growth, Development and Health. A maximum of three of the elective course units may be replaced by completing FASS Forward upper division courses.