Students in the program may choose from among three established concentrations. The Center on Aging is an applied research center on aging and health with the administrative supervision of undergraduate minor degree and graduate educational programs. The mission of the program is to promote and coordinate UNC-C's activities in the field of aging. It offers an undergraduate minor in gerontology. Elsewhere in the United States University of Massachusetts Boston Barbara F. Turner, Gerontology Center Head Gerontology Institute and Center 100 Morrissey Blvd.
Certificate programs are available as well.
The Andrus Gerontology Center has a 27-year history of gerontological education, applied and basic research in many fields, and services to older people offered both on campus and in the community. A faculty of 60 from virtually all relevant disciplines and professions teaches approximately 70 course sections annually. The program in gerontology is designed to prepare graduate students for professional careers in the field of aging. It emphasizes current theoretical developments in aging as well as applied research and the policy implications of a rapidly aging society. Students in the program may choose from among three established concentrations.