Gerontology

The study of gerontology at one of the world’s leading centres. Students draw on a wide range of expertise, including geriatricians, clinicians, demographers, policy analysts and sociologists, to gain awareness of cross-national and national perspectives on ageing and the lives of older people.

KEY BENEFITS

• This degree is set in a leading international centre for the study of ageing and later life.
• Students draw on a wide range of professional and disciplinary expertise and experience including geriatricians, clinicians, demographers, policy analysts and sociologists.
• Interdisciplinary 'ageing research' networks within King's include Ageing Research at King's (ARK); Health & Society and the Division of Health & Social Care Research.
• The Gerontology programme is available at PG Certificate, PG Diploma and Masters degree level.
• Students gain an awareness of national, cross-national and comparative perspectives of ageing populations, the ageing process and older people throughout the programme.
• Close links with, and regular speakers from, social policy and healthcare arenas give multi-disciplinary students insights and up-to-the-minute knowledge of these areas as they affect ageing and older people.
  
  

PURPOSEAimed at: health professionals including geriatricians, psychiatrists, GPs, nurses, social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and others from the medical and health sciences, as well as students from other disciplines including social and natural sciences, management, policy and politics, law and humanities.

DESCRIPTIONFor MSc and PG Diploma students, the core taught elements cover:

• Population Ageing and Policy - This module aims to provide students with an understanding of demographic, biological and health related aspects of ageing and their individual and societal implications.

The compulsory modules are:

• Ageing, Health and Society
• Designing Quantitative Research for Social Science & Health
• Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science & Health
• Quantitative Data Analysis.

Students also select one of the following optional modules

• Ageing in a Global Context
• Data Manipulation and Management
• Researching Vulnerable Populations
• Biology of Ageing.

In addition, MSc students will submit a dissertation based on an independent project.

Students registered for the PG Certificate take Population Ageing and Policy and Ageing, Health and Society.