OSU Navigation Bar

The Ohio State University

Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology

OGG Header image

Graduate Interdisciplinary
Specialization in Aging

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Aging is a university-wide program that offers current OSU graduate and professional students advanced educational opportunities in the field of aging. The Specialization's core curriculum focuses on the basic components of gerontology shared by many disciplines, while the electives allow students to pursue either a research agenda or a more clinically-oriented pathway.

Faculty in Aging

Aging is an interdisciplinary endeavor, and many faculty members across The Ohio State University campus are active in aging teaching and research. We provide their contact information here, as well as information about their teaching and research interests, to help you connect with those who share your interest in the field of aging. View Faculty

Careers in Aging

A career in aging brings many opportunities in health care, social and supportive services, wellness and prevention, advocacy, education, community-based programming, and more. A trained workforce prepared to meet the wide-ranging needs of an aging population will be essential if our nation is to respond to the demands of this important and growing demographic change. Learn more.

Graduate Interdisciplinary
Specialization in Aging

2009 - 2010 ACADEMIC YEAR

Master List of Courses

Updated May, 2009

Information related to specific course offerings was obtained directly from departments and course instructors and may change during the academic year. Please check with the departments or Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology at 293-8031 (or mauger.10@osu.edu) to be sure specific courses will be offered as indicated.

printer Print Master List

Course Quarter(s) Faculty
Core Courses
Social Work 790: Introduction to Gerontology G 3 (Cross Listed as Allied Med 790 ) (Required course) Fall 2009

Virginia Richardson, Ph.D.

Allied Med 791: Case Studies in Clinical Gerontology U G 3 (Required course. Pre-requisite: Introduction to Gerontology, or permission of the instructor) Summer 2009
Winter 2010
Margaret Teaford, Ph.D.
COM 700.04A: Interprofessional Seminar in Clinical Practice U G 3 or 5 (Students may select either COM 700.04A or Anthropology 820N to Complete Core Requirements)
Fall 2009
Winter 2010
Spring 2010
Summer 2010

Catherine R. Lucey, M.D.
(Contact Linda Mauger at 293-8031 one month prior to the quarter in which you would like to take this course.)

Social Work 797: Research Issues in Gerontology G 3 (Cross-listed as Anthropology 820.18)(Students may select either this course or COM 700.04A to Complete Core Requirements) Typically offered Spring Quarter.
Contact Linda Mauger at 293-8031 regarding course availability or independent study option.
SW 797:
Virginia Richardson, Ph.D.
Anth 820.18: 
Douglas Crews, Ph.D.
Elective Courses (Please note: Elective courses identified with an * are intended only for students within the college/school offering the course. All other electives are open to all students pursuing the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Aging.)
Allied Med 601: Death, Loss, and Grief From Multiple Perspectives U G 4 Fall 2009
Winter 2010
Spring 2010
 
A. W. Emery, Jr., Ph.D.
Allied Med 665: Understanding the Aging Process U G 3 Fall 2009 Margaret Teaford, Ph.D.
Allied Med 667: Aging and Public Policy U G 3 Spring 2010 Antonia Carroll, MA, LISW
Allied Med 693: Individual Studies U G 1-5 Ongoing With faculty approval
Allied Med 700.01: Seminar on Interprofessional Care U G 3 Winter 2010 Michael Casto, Ph.D.
Allied Med 700.04: Interprofessional Practicum in Clinical Practice (Community Practice) U G 3 Spring 2010 Sandra Cornett, Ph.D.
Allied Med 720: Aging and Design U G 3 (cross listed as Textiles & Clothing 720) Fall 2009 Margaret Teaford, Ph.D.
Susan Zavotka, Ph.D.
Allied Med 721: Practicum in Home Modifications and Universal Design U G 3 Summer 2010 Margaret Teaford, Ph.D.
Anthropology 640.02: Growth, Development, & Aging U G 5 Spring 2011
(Offered every other year)
Douglas Crews, Ph.D.
Anthropology 640.05: Biology of Senescence U G 5 Spring 2010 Douglas Crews, Ph.D.
Anthropology 693.07: Physical Anthropology, Independent Study
U G 1-4
Ongoing Please contact Douglas Crews, Ph.D., at 292-1329 for appointment.
*Dentistry 993: Individual Studies G 3 Ongoing With faculty approval
EduPAES 605: Health Ed Counseling U G 3 Fall 2009 Cory Bates, Ph.D.
EduPAES 612: Alcohol and Drug Education U G 3 Fall 2009 Cory Bates, Ph.D.
EduPAES 674: Continuing Education in Retirement Years U G 3 Not offered in 2009/2010
*EduPAES 693: Individual Studies U G 1-4 Ongoing With faculty approval
EduPAES 700.01: Seminar on Interprofessional Care U G 3 Winter 2010 Michael Casto, Ph.D.
EduPAES 700.03: Ethical Issues Common to the Helping Professions U G 3 Fall 2009 Michael Casto, Ph.D.
EduPAES 700.04: Interprofessional Practicum in Clinical Practice U G 3 or 5 Spring 2010 Michael Casto, Ph.D.
EduPAES 702: Health After 60 G 3 Not offered 2009/2010
EduPAES 703: Health Behavior Changes in Adulthood & Later Life G 3 Spring 2010 Rich Petosa, Ph.D.
Family Resource Management 561: Retirement Planning & Employee Benefits U 3 Fall 2009
Spring 2010
William Root
*Family Resource Management 793: Individual Studies G 1-5 Ongoing With faculty approval
HDFS 670.01: Adult Development and Aging U G 3 Summer 2009
Winter 2010
Summer 2010
Eugene Folden, Ph.D.
HDFS 670.04: Formal & Informal Support Systems of the Aged U G 3 Not offered in 2009/2010
HDFS 861: The Family: Middle and Later Years G 3 Not offered in 2009/2010
HDFS 862: Intimate Relationships in Midlife & Beyond G 3 Not offered in 2009/2010
HDFS 867.03: Women In Families G 3 Not offered in 2009/2010
*HDFS 993: Individual Studies G 1-5

Not Offered in
2009/2010

Health Services Mgt & Policy 800: Health Care Organization G 4 Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Sandra Tanenbaum, Ph.D.
Jeff Caswell, Ph.D.
Health Services Mgt & Policy 811: Legal Environment of Health Care G 4 Fall 2009 Kathryn Haller, J.D.
Health Services Mgt & Policy 824: Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs and Services G 4 (cross listed in Pharmacy) Spring 2010

Faculty to be Assigned

Health Services Mgt & Policy 840: Disability Policy & Politics G 4 Not offered in 2009/2010
Health Services Mgt & Policy 841: Long-Term Care Management U G 1-3 Not offered in 2009/2010
Law 656: Wills, Trusts & Estates P 3 / G 4.5 Fall 2009
Winter 2010
Call Laura Dean, Registrar, at 292-5992 for registration assistance.
Law 700.01: Seminar on Interprofessional Care P G 1-2 Winter 2010 Marya Kolman, J.D.
*Law 700.03: Ethical Issues Common to the Helping Professions U P G 3 Fall 2009 Stan Laughlin, Jr., J.D.
*Law 700.04: Interprofessional Practicum in Clinical Practice U G 3 or 5 Not offered in 2009/2010
Law 740: Estate & Gift Taxation P 1 Not offered in 2009/20010
*Law 793: Individual Studies Ongoing With faculty approval
*Med Diet 639: Geriatric Nutrition U 3 Not offered in 2009/2010
*Med Diet 693: Individual Studies in Nutrition or Dietetics U G 1-5

Ongoing

With faculty approval
Med Int Med 795: Issues and Trends in Aging U G 3 (web-based course) Fall 2009

Guibin Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Medicine 700.01: Seminar in Interprofessional Care U G 3 Winter 2010 Patrick Fahey, M.D.
Medicine 700.03: Ethical Issues Common to the Helping Professions U P G 3 Fall 2009 Raymond Waggonner, M.D.
Medicine: 41MD-GENINTMD-ANPM-Co-1 General Med Palliative Medicine/Hospice Care (DOC-3) See COM Bulletin Contact Marty Stinehart, DOC-3 Coordinator at marty.stinehart@osumc.edu
*Medicine: 4IMD-INTERNAL-GMGR-Co-1 Geriatrics Community  (DOC-3) See COM Bulletin Contact Marty Stinehart,
DOC-3 Coordinator at marty.stinehart@osumc.edu
Music 894.02: Music in Older Adulthood G 3 Summer 2009 & Summer 2011
(Offered every other year)
Patricia Flowers, Ph.D.
Nursing 700.01: Seminar on Interprofessional Care U G 3 Winter 2010 Paula Renker, Ph.D., R.N.C.
Nursing 700.03: Ethical Issues Common to the Helping Professions U G 3 Fall 2009 Angela Chesser, Ph.D., R.N.
Nursing 710: Health Literacy (Cross Listed in Medicine and Allied Medicine; and 790 in Arts & Sciences and Pharmacy)
Spring 2010 Sandra Cornett, Ph.D., RN
*Nursing 793: Individual Studies in Nursing U G 1-5
Ongoing With faculty approval
*Nursing 859: Advanced Nursing Practice for Older Adults G 5 Winter 2010 Elizabeth R. Barker, Ph.D., APRN, BC, FAANP, FACHE
Nursing N607: Palliative Care and End of Life U G 3 Spring 2010 Kathy Thompson, RN, MS
Susan Voorhees-Murphy, RN, MS
*Optometry 745.06: Low Vision P 2 Ongoing Roanne Flom, O.D.
*Optometry 745.09: Geriatric Optometry P 1-5 Ongoing Optometry faculty/ With faculty approval
*Optometry 780.06: Clinical Experience in Low Vision Care P 1-15 Ongoing Optometry faculty/ With faculty approval
*Optometry 780.12: Topics in Optometry: Geriatric Optometry P 1-5 Ongoing Optometry faculty/ With faculty approval
*Pharmacy 693: Individual Studies P 1-5 Ongoing Clinical faculty
*Pharmacy 694: Geriatrics--Pharmaceutical Care Spring 2010 Bridget McCrate Protus, PharmD
*Pharmacy 717: Pain Management and Palliative Care Winter 2010 Phyllis Grauer, RPh, PharmD
Physical Therapy 646: Rehabilitation Exercise Programming for Fitness in the Elderly and those with Neurodegenerative Disease U G 2-6 Fall 2009
Winter 2010
Spring 2010
Deb Kegelmeyer, DPT, MS, GCS
Psychology 552: Psychology of the Adult Years U G 3 Spring 2010 John Gibbs, Ph.D.
*Psychology 693: Individual Studies U G 1-5 Ongoing With faculty approval
Psychology 837: Maturity and Aging G 3

Not offered in
2009/2010

*Public Health 793: Individual Studies in Preventive Medicine P 6 / G 2-5 Ongoing With faculty approval
Public Health-Epidemiology 814: Chronic Disease Epidemiology G 4 Winter 2010 Randall Harris, M.D., Ph.D.
Social Work 695.14: Aging U G 3 Winter 2010 Shantha Balaswamy, Ph.D.
Social Work 695.24: Caregiving Across The Lifespan U G 3

Winter 2010
Spring 2010

Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, Ph.D.
(2 sections)
Social Work 695.25: Women & Aging: Int\'l Perspectives U G 3

Not offered in
2009/2010

Social Work 700.01: Seminar on Interprofessional Care U G 3 Winter 2010 Maria Julia, Ph.D.
Social Work 700.03: Ethical Issues Common to the Helping Professions U G 3 Fall 2009 Julia Yang, MSW, LISW
Social Work 750.02: Social Work Policies and Programs: Aging P G 3 Winter 2010 Shantha Balaswamy, Ph.D.
Social Work 751.02: Social Work Practice: Aging P G 3

Spring 2010

Virginia Richardson, Ph.D.
*Social Work 793: Individual Studies G 1-5 Ongoing With faculty approval
*Social Work 993: Individual Studies G 1-5 Ongoing With faculty approval
Sociology 629: Sociology of Health--Mental and Physical Dimensions U G 3

Spring 2010

Cynthia Colen, Ph.D.
Sociology 758: Population, Health, and Life Course G 3-5

Not offered in
2009/2010

Speech & Hearing Science 605: Multicultural Aspects of Communication and Its Disorders U G 5 (Also 605D, Distance Education) Winter 2010

Anita Manley, Ph.D.

*Speech & Hearing Science 734: Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation U G 5 Winter 2010 Julie Hazelbaker, Ph.D.
*Speech & Hearing Science 735: Hearing Aids I U G 5 Winter 2010 Anne Tortorello, M.A.
Speech & Hearing Science 760: Aphasia & Related Adult Language Disorders U G 5 Winter 2010 Lisa Milman, Ph.D.
Speech & Hearing Science 761: Adult Neuorgenic Disorders II, Motor Speech Disorders / Dementia U G 5 Winter 2010 Lisa Milman, Ph.D.
Speech & Hearing Science 762: Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adults U G 5 Summer 2009
Spring 2010

Michelle Bourgeois, Ph.D.

Speech & Hearing Science 763: Evaluation and Treatment of Dysphagia in Children and Adults U G 5 Summer 2009
Summer 2011

Angela, Dubis-Bohn, MA

*Speech & Hearing Science 806: Adult Hearing Disorders G 5 Fall 2009 Christina Roup, Ph.D.
Ed Dodson, Ph.D.
*Speech & Hearing Science 835: Hearing Aids II G 5 Spring 2010

Anne Tortorello, MA

Speech and Hearing Science 733:
Audiologic Rehabilitation in Adults
Winter 2010 Christine M. Roup, Ph.D.
Textiles and Clothing 720: Aging and Design U G 3 (cross listed in Allied Med 720) Fall 2009 Susan Zavotka, Ph.D.
Margaret H. Teaford, Ph.D.
Theater 675.02: Theatre and Aging U G 5
Offered as Independent Study Joy Reilly, Ph.D.
Contact Dr. Reilly at reilly.3@osu.edu to arrange.
Theater 692: Seminar courses available for Theatre 675.01 and Theater 675.02

Quarter to be determined

For details, call the Theatre Dept. at 614-292-8241.
Theatre 675.01: Crones, Curmudgeons, and Living Treasures U G 5 Offered as Independent Study Alan Woods, Ph.D.
Contact Dr. Woods at woods.1@osu.edu to arrange.
*Veterinary Anatomy and Cellular Biology 693: Independent Studies P G 2-5 Ongoing With faculty approval
*Veterinary Biosciences 696: Advanced Studies in Veterinary Medicine P G 1-6 Ongoing

By arrangement with Faculty

*Veterinary Clinical Sciences 696: Advanced Studies P G 1-4 Ongoing

By arrangement with Faculty

*Veterinary Clinical Sciences 793: Individual Studies P G 1-8 Ongoing

By arrangement with Faculty

*Veterinary Medicine 696: Advanced Studies in Veterinary Medicine P G 1-6 Ongoing

By arrangement with Faculty

*Veterinary Preventive Medicine 693: Individual Studies P G 1-6 Ongoing

By arrangement with Faculty

*Veterinary Preventive Medicine 696: Advanced Studies in Veterinary Medicine P G 1-6 Ongoing

By arrangement with Faculty

*Vision Science 693: Individual Studies in Physiological Optics G 1-5 Ongoing Optometry faculty/ With faculty approval
*Vision Science 733: Optometric Gerontology G 4 Either Winter or
Spring 2010
Contact Dr. Flom at
rflom@optometry.osu.edu
for schedule information
*Vision Science 894: Group Studies in Physiological Optics G 1-5 Ongoing Optometry faculty/ With faculty approval

ogg.osu.edu Copyright © 2009 The Ohio State University Medical Center and the Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology, All rights reserved.