Ph.D. in Gerontology

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All courses offered on the Omaha campus
• GERO 8056 Advanced Principles in the Biology of Aging
or GERO 8800 Graduate Seminar in the Aging Brain
• 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
* A total of 90 credit hours are required for the doctoral program.

Application deadline:

January 15 (Priority Admission)

April 15 (All others)

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Please submit all materials electronically through the UNO Office of Graduate Studies application system.

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Students who are interested in pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Gerontology are invited to contact Dr. Julie Boron at at jboron@unomaha.edu for more information.

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for the Doctoral Degree

SLO 1: Mastery of content – students will be able to integrate interdisciplinary evidence-based gerontological knowledge and theories into a product that is new to him/her.
SLO 2: Mastery of research skills - students will demonstrate competence in conducting interdisciplinary gerontological research through hypothesis generation, study design, and analysis and interpretation of data.
SLO 3: Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills needed to disseminate research in the field of gerontology.
SLO 4: Students will demonstrate effective written communication skills in regards to critically thinking about concepts, knowledge, and theories in the field of gerontology.