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Honours BA Social Gerontology at McMaster University

McMaster University, Canada

Programme overview

Honours Social Gerontology (B.A.) is a 120-unit honours program with limited enrolment studying aging, health and society. It combines core courses on health, aging and care systems with research methods, statistics and Level IV seminars.

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences  |  Department: Health, Aging and Society  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Required courses include HLTHAGE 2BB3 Perspectives in Health, Aging and Society, 2D03 Continuum of Care, 2F03 Aging and Health Care Systems, 2A03 Research Methods in Health and in Aging I, SOCSCI 2J03 Introduction to Statistics, HLTHAGE 3L03 Embodied Aging, 3EE3 Health, Aging, and the Practice of Everyday Life, and Level IV seminars such as Living Well with Dementia and Social Policy and Aging.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0. Enrolment is limited and admission is by selection, so meeting the minimum does not guarantee admission.

Undergraduate applications are submitted through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC).

Apply through the official page: https://future.mcmaster.ca/apply/

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