The Certificate/Associate of Science (AS) degree program in Gerontology was designed to provide students with the theoretical knowledge and practical experience necessary to enter the job market in senior centers, health care facilities and a variety of agencies providing services to well, ill and frail elderly. This program provides students with the opportunity to select one of three concentrations of study related to gerontological services: Activities Director, Senior Nutrition, and Social Service Designee. The field of gerontology includes working with aging individuals and their families from diverse, ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds with unique needs and priorities in response to complex societal and environmental variables.