If you are interested in a career dealing with the law as it pertains to the elderly, the Penn State's Legal Issues for those Dealing with the Elderly Certificate Program is for you. The program is a structured series of courses designed to assist students preparing for careers in health care, social service or related business fields.
Emphasis is placed on working with the elderly client.
The Legal Issues for those Dealing with the Elderly Certificate Program is co-sponsored by the Smeal College of Business Administration and the College of Health and Human Development and stresses practical and specific skills. The program consists of eight courses, six of which must be completed for the certificate. Professionals who work in senior citizen centers, insurance companies, nursing homes, hospitals, social service agencies and other business institutions or service office. People who are contemplating law as a career. Course may be exempted by students who have taken BLAW 243 or BA 243 at Penn State or an equivalent introductory course in basic legal principles at another college or university.