This program provides a basic credential to those working in the field of aging without previous academic training or credentials. The one-year certificate program leads directly into the two-year Gerontology Associate Degree program.
Since the program involves a field placement(s) working with vulnerable populations, students are required to undergo a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) and/or Sex Offender Registry Information (SORI) check. Depending on the contents of a student's CORI and/or SORI, placement may be denied. Students who are unable to participate in the field placement(s) will not meet program requirements.
This certificate program can be applied to the Human Services Practitioner Associate Degree Program.
North Shore Community College reserves the right to make changes in courses, program requirements, policies, and regulations as circumstances dictate. There is no guarantee that any listed course will be offered in any given semester.
