Program Structure

Please follow the program structure outlined in the Academic Calendar from your FIRST academic year as a student at St. Thomas University. Find the Academic Calendars HERE. If you have any questions, please contact your academic advisor.

Interdisciplinary Major in Disability, Aging, and Human Rights

The Major in Disability, Aging, and Human Rights consists of 36 credit hours, including the following required courses:

HMRT 1003:  Introduction to Human Rights
GERO 1013:  Introduction to Gerontology
GERO 1023:  Aging in Canada
HMRT 2013: Research Methods or GERO 3503:  Qualitative Research Methods.
HMRT 2113:  Exploring Disability

and 21 credit-hours of electives from the approved list below:

HMRT-2033: Human Rights in Theory and Practice

GERO 2113: Sociology of Aging (SOCI)

SEST-2243: Health At Risk: Environmental Hazards

GERO-2273: Death and Dying in Later Life

GERO 2403: Aging and Care

SOCI-2653: Sociology of Health

HMRT-3013: Discrimination and the Law in Canada

GERO 3023: Aging and Health

HIST-3053: Disability in History

GERO 3153: Health Promotion for an Aging Population

PSYC-3223: Health Psychology

GERO-3263: Understanding Dementia

ENVS-3243: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

GERO-3743: Critical Approaches to Long-Term Care

NATI-3843: Suicide and Indigenous People

HMRT-3803: Human Rights of the Child and Seniors

NATI-3853: Alcohol, Drugs, and Indigenous Peoples

NATI-3863: Indian Public Health

SOCI-3913: Sociology of Disease

GERO-4003: Mental Health and Aging

GERO-4013:  Seminar in Gerontology

PSYC-4453: Seminar in Stress and Health  

Interdisciplinary Minor in Disability, Aging, and Human Rights

Students wishing to pursue an interdisciplinary minor in Disability, Aging, and Human Rights are required to take 18 credit hours of courses, including HMRT 1003, GERO 1023, and HMRT 2113.