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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a non-clinical knowledge base of the physical and mental aging processes, including forms of dementia, and will introduce students to holistic (physical, spiritual, psychological, and social) wellness promotion in older adults, with particular attention to creating programs for this purpose. Students will be introduced to principles of spiritual development in older adults that can aid individuals and their families in adjusting to loss and later-life transitions.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on broader philosophical and worldview issues related to the ethics of aging and dying. Ethical principles and best practices guidelines of advocacy agencies and organizations will be presented. Ethical and legal issues related to this vulnerable population, behavioral interventions, self-determination, and professional boundaries will be included.
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3.00 Credits
This course will consider the needs of the aging adult in family and social systems. Students will explore the cooperative nature of family involvement in elder care management. Community and congregational resources will be examined. Different theories and topics such as aging-in-place, long term and palliative care, and hospice will be discussed. The biblical model of creation, fall and redemption will be the context for the class.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to give the student an understanding of the research and theories of death, dying and the bereavement process, as well as the development and impact of a Christian understanding eschatology for both the patient and loved ones in these processes. Hospice, palliative care, ethics, and euthanasia are discussed, as well as cross-cultural beliefs that come to bear on these phenomena.
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3.00 Credits
Fundamental employee supervision topics are addressed including training, supervision, performance evaluation, and motivation as students are prepared for early managerial roles within direct care organizations. The course also covers confidentiality, professionalism, boundaries and roles, cultural diversty and personal values.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the history and current development of systems designed to serve the aged and aging in the United States. Agencies and programs oriented to meet the needs of aging populations will be explored and the policies influencing their development will be critically analyzed. The role of the economy, politics, race, class, gender, legal and advocacy issues are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces legal and policy issues affecting older adults and their families, as well as care providers. Both national and state policies that impact the services and care available to older adults and access points for these services will be presented. Provides information on long-term care facility types and how they are licensed; Medicare and Medicaid services and coverage; mental health and veteran's services; abuse and protective services; legal planning for aging, including health care directives and powers of attorney; and advocacy and the legal processes that vary by state. Focuses on how each program contributes to a web of services for older adults, as well as areas in which services may be lacking.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the primary works of wisdom literature in the Old Testament (Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes) along with related materials in some of the Psalms and the New Testament Epistle of James.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a general overview to the principles of interpretation from a redemptive historical perspective. Fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the history of the Christian Church from its founding on the day of Pentecost to the beginning of the Reformation with special emphasis upon the people, events and doctrinal controversies that were significant in the growth of Christianity.
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