老年病学研究计划是一个多学科计划，旨在整合有关衰老和老年的研究和理论。由于世界人口的老龄化，部分原因是人文主义者，科学家，社会科学家和专业人员对了解老年人在社会中的地位，各种情况下的衰老过程，衰老对个人的意义，以及老化带来的物理变化。该计划借鉴了各个学科的最新思维和研究成果，为学生提供了毕业后在工作中以及在研究生院或专业学校中都会有所帮助的背景。各种职业目标。人口的老龄化为提供服务并制定老年人政策的组织中的学士学位人员提供了入门级职位。现在，许多研究生课程都注重衰老，为此，老年学研究学位可以作为有用的背景
The Gerontological Studies Program is a multidisciplinary program designed to integrate research and theory about age, aging and human development over the life course. Rapidly occurring social change is compelling social scientists, policymakers, human service professionals, and others to focus on aging as both an individual and global force. Beyond the rapid graying of the world's population, other frontiers of change include knowledge developments in the biosocial domain (epigenetic and other types of gene-environment interaction), growing awareness of economic inequality and powerful trends in the political and economic spheres (e.g., cumulative dis/advantage, pension policy, generational equity), and cultural changes (e.g., the development of forward-thinking institutional arrangements and the growth of the anti-aging industry). <br><br>Courses are drawn from the Departments of Anthropology, Psychological Sciences, and Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and the Social Work Program at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Students may choose from a variety of courses according to their own interests. Some approved elective courses are not specifically gerontology courses but cover topics that contribute to the understanding of aging and the life course. The perspectives gained in the core courses will provide the student with the background needed to relate the material in the more general courses to gerontological issues. The program is firmly grounded in the liberal arts and thus provides the student with the challenge to think and communicate effectively and to integrate diverse information, theories, and practice.