{"id":2433,"date":"2019-09-19T13:37:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T13:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/nursing\/?page_id=2433"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:33:56","slug":"gerontology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/nursing\/gerontology\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerontology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2433\" class=\"elementor elementor-2433\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2dc39046 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2dc39046\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bd623ba\" 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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405fa807 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"405fa807\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">GERONTOLOGY (minor)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12312c6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12312c6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" 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The gerontology minor consists of&nbsp;six (6) core courses with the culmination of an Internship.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f734dc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-accordion\" data-id=\"f734dc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"eael-adv-accordion\" id=\"eael-adv-accordion-f734dc6\" data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" data-accordion-id=\"f734dc6\" data-accordion-type=\"accordion\" data-toogle-speed=\"300\">\n    <div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n                <div id=\"curriculum\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2591\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" 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