Gerontology
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
The Gerontology course will build your awareness of global perspectives on ageing and the lives of older people by drawing on the views and experience of a wide range of experts including geriatricians, clinicians, demographers,
policy analysts and sociologists.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
Taught by faculty in the Institute of Gerontology, one of the leading centres for the study of aging. The Institute is located in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, a unique, research-led interdisciplinary social science department directed by internationally recognised scholars.
A highly flexible study course, drawing on a broad range of professional and disciplinary expertise, including geriatrics, demography, sociology and social policy.
We offer close links with, and regular speakers from, social policy and various healthcare fields, providing insights and up-to-the-minute knowledge of these areas as they affect ageing and older people.
You will gain an awareness of national, crossnational and comparative perspectives of ageing populations, the ageing process and older people in society throughout the course.
We have strong links with King’s Health Partners, one of only six Academic Health Sciences Centres in England bringing together three NHS Trusts (Guy’s and St. Thomas’, King’s College Hospital, and South London and Maudsley).
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Subjects
- Social Policy
- Drawing
- Global
- Part Time
- Social Science
Course programme
Year 1
Courses are divided into modules, and students on this course normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Required Modules You are required to take the following modules:
- Dissertation in Gerontology (60 credits)
- Population Ageing & Policy (30 credits)
- Ageing, Health & Society (30 credits)
- Designing Quantitative Research for Social Science & Health (15 credits)
- Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science & Health (15 credits)
- Quantitative Data Analysis (15 credits)
- Data Manipulation & Management (15 credits)
- Researching Vulnerable Populations (15 credits)
- Pharmaceutical and Society (15 credits)
- Critical Policy Research for Health & Medicine (15 credits)
- Level 6 Global Ageing Course
If you are a part-time student, your optional module may be taken either in term 3 of Year 1 or term 2 of Year 2.
Students admitted with the Diploma of Geriatric Medicine take either Population Ageing & Policy or Ageing, Health & Society, plus any other 30 credits in addition to the dissertation.
Students may also select modules from other departments with the approval of the course director.
If you are a part-time student, your optional module may be taken either in
term 3 of Year 1 or term 2 of Year 2.
Students admitted with the Diploma of Geriatric Medicine take either Population Ageing & Policy or Ageing, Health & Society, plus any other 30 credits in addition to the dissertation.
Gerontology