People in the U.S. and around the world are living longer, and our society needs to adapt. The change is impacting career fields from health care to social organizations, business and the economy.
With Augustana’s aging studies experiential minor, students in multiple majors can expand their opportunities and skill sets to help meet the needs of an aging population. Some examples of good academic pairings for aging studies include:
"Everyone’s going to age, and helping those out who are no longer capable of doing certain tasks, forming relationships and being able to learn from the elderly is huge in making strides for the future." - Alex Cruz '23, engineering physics. → Read more
Gwendolyn Flannery '23 is taking advantage of Augustana’s agreement with Trinity College of Nursing in their accelerated BSN program.
Courtney Baker '20 is a clinical audiologist with a doctorate of audiology from Northwestern University.