ACCELERATED Graduate Program
MS in Aging Studies
Start your GRADUATE DEGREE while still finishing your undergraduate degree!
Admissions Criteria/Requirements
Early Admission - To be eligible for the accelerated program, you should have:
- A cumulative minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.25
- Completed at least 15 credit hours in major
- Completed a minimum of 60 hours of undergraduate course credit
- Apply for accelerated graduate program admission: go.eiu.edu/acceladmit
If you meet the criteria and are interested in considering graduate study, contact:
Alisa Gray, Academic Advisor: email aagray@eiu.edu or call 217-581-5310 / Click here - Schedule and Appointment
Dr. Kathleen O'Rourke, Graduate Coordinator: email kaorourke@eiu.edu, or call 217-581-6076
Shared Coursework
This opportunity is open to all majors. Students accepted into the Accelerated Program for the MS in Aging Studies may take the following courses for up to 9 hours of shared credit undergraduate and graduate credit.
- HSL 4770 - Family Budgeting and Debt Management: 3hrs
- HSL 4775 - Human Services Programs and Resource Management : 3hrs
- HSL 4820 - Death and Dying Credits: 3hrs
- HSL 4845 - Family Stress and Resilience: 3hrs
- HSL 4846 - Aging and the Family. Credits: 3hrs
- HSL 4850 - Human Services Programs: Community, Culture & Intersectionality: 3hrs
- HSL 5100 - Societal Theories of Aging: 3hrs
- HSL 5450 - Leadership & Administration in Human Services Programming: 3hrs
- BIO 4834 - Neurobiology*: 4hrs
- BIO 4835 - Advanced Neurobiology*: 4hrs
- CMN 5155 - Communication and Aging: 3hrs
- KSR 5225 - Physical Activity and Aging: 3hrs
- PLS 4793 - Civic & Nonprofit Leadership: 3hrs
- PLS 4873 - Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations: 3hrs
- PLS 4893 - Budgeting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations : 3 hrs
- PUBH 4770 - Health Services Administration*: 3 hrs
- PUBH 4800 - Drugs & Society: 3 hrs
- PUBH 4830 - Perspectives on Health and Humor: 3hrs
- PUBH 4890 - Health & Aging: 3hrs
- REC 4950 - Leisure & Aging: 3hrs
Please note that stated prerequisites will need to be completed before enrolling in the courses. Please work with your undergraduate academic advisor in the selection of shared courses. Once admitted to the Accelerated Graduate Program, complete the Course Request Form.
