Education

Welcome to the Center for Successful Aging

The Gerokinesiology Advising track, for students pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology, provides the background knowledge and skills necessary to develop and teach a variety of fitness and mobility enhancement classes and/or personalized training/rehabilitation programs for older adults. This advising track also prepares students for advanced study in geriatric pathokinesiology, and meets national recommendations for preparing senior fitness instructors.

The Gerokinesiology and Clinical Exercise Science Advising tracks, for students pursuing a Masters of Science in Kinesiology, provide the background knowledge and experience to prepare students to work with the growing population of older adults in a variety of physical activity settings including personal training, group exercise classes, senior center and residential wellness programs, and in balance and mobility training/rehabilitation programs.