HSC 416 - Introduction to Gerontology Physical,Psychological,and Social Aspects of Aging

Institution:

Excelsior University

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Description:

3 credits This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to aging, focusing on knowledge concerning physical, psychological, and social age-related changes. The number of older people in the population will have a great influence on certain societies (e.g. the United States) in the early twenty first century. The implications of this increase in the aged portion of the population will be reviewed. The course also explores personal and societal attitudes towards aging and focuses on the diversity that is present in the aging population. Upon completion of the course, students will challenge their stereotypes about the elderly and gain an awareness of the wide range of realities of aging that exist.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.excelsior.edu

Phone Number:

(518) 464-8500

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Other academic year

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