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3.00 Credits
This course highlights common health changes in older persons and associated functional problems, enabling students to identify related signs, symptoms and risk factors. Emphasis is placed on safety, health promotion, disease prevention, and appropriate referrals. Case histories and guest panels are integrated into the lecture format. Prerequisites: GER 2301 or GER 2401, BIO 3310, PSY 3336, HED 1201.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an in-depth examination of how public policy for the aged is formulated on the national, state and local level. Students in this course will be exposed to a variety of critical policy issues, for instance, issues concerning Social Security, the Older American's Act; and older adult entitlement programs. Students will be challenged to explore the development of the modern welfare state and the impact of globalization on public policy. Global economic and political forces and social needs will be explored in great detail. Special attention will be given to the distinction between disparities in access to social goods such as housing and health care and disparities in outcomes such as unemployment, poverty and disease. Prerequisites: GER 2301 or GER 2401, SOC 2301, SOC 3304 and/or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This lecture course studies anatomical and physiological changes and adjustments occurring over time as part of normal developmental processes and those that result from intrinsic, progressive, irreversible and deleterious changes of Senescence. Comparisons of the structure and function of systems in organisms, primary in the human body, will be made to distinguish between age-related and pathological and other environmentally induced changes. Prerequisites: BIO 1301 and GER 2301 or GER 2401. (Cross listed with BIO 3310).
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3.00 Credits
This course includes the methods, theories, and techniques of research and evaluation. Problem identification, literature review, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and proposal development in an area of gerontology that is of interest to the student are included. Students will follow institutional research protocol to conduct research projects. Prerequisite: Senior status.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the phenomena of death, grief and bereavement from a number of perspectives; including but not limited to Western, Eastern and Native American philosophies. The impact of and recovery from loss (death, divorce, changes, etc.); near-death experiences and survivors; grief; reincarnation theories are explored and discussed. Guest lecturers will share their experiences and expertise. Prerequisite: Senior status.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore historical and current issues of gerontology. Students are given the opportunities to synthesize previously learned concepts and to evaluate trends in contemporary ethical, moral, legal and political issues related to gerontology in an experiential, reflexive, document. Concepts of leadership, change, research and professional ethics relevant to gerontology will be discussed. Students will write a scholarly research paper on an aging issue of professional interest, under the guidance of a mentor. The final paper will be presented before a panel of students, faculty and professionals, in the form of a professional seminar. Students will attend seminars facilitated by professionals in the field of aging as a vital component of the course. Prerequisite: Senior status and completion of gerontology core program.
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3.00 Credits
The practicum is a key part of the curriculum and has two fundamental goals: (1) to provide students with professional experience and an opportunity for career orientation and (2) to give students an opportunity to put the knowledge they have accumulated in the classroom to use in a facility or program serving older persons, thus integrating knowledge and practice. Prerequisites: Senior status and completion of gerontology core program for minors.
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9.00 Credits
This course will include an extended (40 hours per week) experience with an agency, facility or program dealing with an aspect of gerontology that is of interest to the student. The student will work under the direct supervision of a professional on site. The semester prior to enrolling for the actual course, the student will meet with the internship coordinator of the Gerontology Program to identify an appropriate site and complete the procedures for the initiation of the internship. A minimum of 480 hours is required. Prerequisites: Senior status and completion of gerontology core program.
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1.00 Credits
This course focuses on general first aid and accident prevention. It acquaints the student with the simple skills and knowledge needed in daily life, as well as those critical skills necessary to save life and minimize the severity of injury. Those students who successfully meet the course requirements may obtain Red Cross Certification.
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2.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to health topics relevant in today's society. Students will examine in depth the issues, responses, ramifications and potential solutions to a variety of health-related problems. Students will be encouraged to view health issues from a variety of angles while defining, evaluating and refining their personal responses to the issues being addressed.
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