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York-Seneca Joint Program in Gerontology

York University (departments of Psychology and Sociology) and Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology have a joint program whereby students interested in social service work with seniors can concurrently pursue both a BA or an Honours BA at York and a Social Service-Gerontology diploma at Seneca. For a BA, the BA/Diploma program normally requires four years of study, and the Honours BA/Diploma program five years. These programs can be completed in one year less than would be required if they were done consecutively. Application to the BA/Diploma program is made in January of the academic year in which the student expects to complete 60 credits (Year of Study 2). Application to the Honours BA/Diploma program is made in January of the year in which the student expects to complete 90 credits (Year of Study 3). The degree and diploma are completed together over the following two years.

For more information, contact the program office at 416-736-5115, extension 66210; Room 282 Behavioural Sciences Building.

Years 1, 2 (BA) or 1, 2, 3 (Honours BA)

Requirements at York

60 credits for the BA or 90 credits for the Honours BA, including General Education Requirements, AS/PSYC 1010 6.0 (with a minimum grade of C), AS/SOCI 1010 6.0, AS/PSYC 2110 3.0 and 12 credits for the BA or 30 credits for the Honours BA towards the declared major.

Requirements at Seneca

None.

Year 3 (BA) or 4 (Honours BA)

Requirements at York

15 credits, including AS/PSYC 3490 3.0 or AS/SOCI 3850 3.0, as well as appropriate selections from the program lists (see below).

Requirements at Seneca

Courses: Fall-SWL 117 (Social Service Process), GWL 147 (Gerontology Field Work Seminar), GWL 207 (Gerontological Group Techniques); Winter-GWL 217 (Gerontological Service Methods), GWL 247 (Integrative Field Work Seminar), GWL 267 (Program Planning), Winter; GWL 257 (Gerontology Field Work - two days per week).

Year 4 (BA) or 5 (Honours BA)

Requirements at York

15 credits, including any required York courses not yet taken, as well as appropriate selections from the program lists (see below).

Requirements at Seneca

Courses: Fall-GWL 347 (Integrative Field Work Seminar), GWL 367 (Case Management: Practice and Issues), GWL 357 (Gerontology Field Work - two days per week); Winter-GWL 407 (Death, Dying, Grief and Bereavement), GWL 426 (Advocacy for an Aging Population), GWL 436 (Health Promotion, Stress and You), GWL 447 (Integrative Field Work Seminar), GWL 457 (Gerontology Field Work) - two days per week.

List A: Cognition and Learning

Only one of:

• AS/PSYC 2210 3.0 Learning

• AS/PSYC 2220 3.0 Perception

• AS/PSYC 3260 3.0 Cognitive Processes

• AS/PSYC 3410 3.0 Educational Psychology

List B: Social Psychology and Human Behaviour

At least one of:

• AS/PSYC 2120 3.0 Social Psychology

• AS/PSYC 2130 3.0 Personality

• AS/PSYC 3140 3.0 Abnormal Psychology

• AS/PSYC 3250 3.0 Neural Bases of Behaviour

• AS/PSYC 3430 3.0 Environmental Psychology

• AS/PSYC 3490 3.0 Psychology of Adult Development and Aging

• AS/PSYC 3530 3.0 Individual Differences

• AS/PSYC 3560 3.0 Psychology of Death and Dying

List C: Health

Only 6 credits of:

• AS/ANTH 3330 6.0 Health and Illness in Cross-cultural Perspective

• AS/PSYC 3440 3.0 Health Psychology

• AS/SOCI 3820 6.0 Sociology of Health and Health Care

• AS/SOCI 4300 3.0 Sociology of Health Care Delivery

• AS/SOCI 4680 3.0 Women and Ageing

• AS/SOSC 2990 6.0 Medicine and Society in Historical Perspective

• AK/CDNS 3030 6.0 Health and Canadian Society-Historical Perspectives

• AK/SOWK 3300 3.0 Social Services for the Elderly

• AK/SOWK 3400 3.0 Human Development in Social Environments

List D: Advocacy and Political Issues

At least one of:

• AS/POLS 2100 6.0 Introduction to Canadian Government and Politics

• AS/POLS 3180 6.0 Pressure Groups in Canadian Politics

• AS/POLS 3610 6.0 Organization and Administration

• AS/POLS 4135 3.0 Politics of Aging

• AS/SOSC 3770 3.0 Housing Policy

Note 1. Students may substitute equivalent courses from Glendon or Atkinson, subject to in-Faculty course legislation.

Note 2. Students may apply for the joint program from any degree program in Arts, but it will be easier for Psychology or Sociology majors to accommodate course requirements in their programs.