SOWK 0456 - SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY.

Institution:

Tuskegee University

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Description:

1st and 2nd Semesters. Lect. 3, 3 credits. This course aims to equip students with a framework and method of studying, assessing and understanding gerontology. The basic theoretical approach will be psycho-social. With increasing numbers of older persons in the population, major issues about our social policies and practices toward the aging have arisen. The phenomenon of aging has had a major impact on our social arrangements and institutions, including the family, government, the political process, income maintenance, and work, as well as in the areas of health and social welfare delivery systems.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tuskegee.edu

Phone Number:

(334) 727-8011

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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