PhD in Gerontology

Earn your PhD at the University of Nebraska Omaha Department of Gerontology

All offered on the Omaha campus
• GERO 8356 Advanced Principles in the Biology of Aging
• GERO 8500 Politics in Aging
• GERO 8730 Dying, Death, & Grieving
• GERO 9020 Graduate Seminar in Statistical Applications
• GERO 9110 Applied Social Gerontology
• GERO 9460 Seminar in Aging & Human Behavior

* 6 additional credit hours of research methods required
* A minimum of 20 credit hours of dissertation

Total of 90 credit hours required for the program required

To apply: Application deadline: December 1st

Send the following materials to the UNO Office of Graduate Studies:
• Application fee ($45)
• All official transcripts from post-secondary educational institutions
• GRE Scores
• TOEFL for all international students and a financial statement
• Curriculum vitae
• 3 letters of recommendation
• Personal statement of previous education and experience, post degree goals
• Sample of writing/research
- Manuscript or published article resulting from earlier research such as
master’s thesis
- Paper given at a professional meeting
- Substantial paper (e.g., review of literature, critique of a research article, grant
proposal)
- Professional materials developed for use in one’s workplace

UNO Office of Graduate Studies
6001 Dodge Street
Eppley Administration Building, Room 203
Omaha, NE 68182-0209

Click here for Graduate Studies. 

For prospective students wishing to pursue the Doctor of Philosophy in Gerontology are invited to contact Dr. Julie Boron at the University of Nebraska Omaha Department of Gerontology at jboron@unomaha.edu.