Introduction to Gerontology

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Note: This course is not available for the current semester.

Course No: 30.306; Last Offered: Summer 2015;

Course Description

This course examines human aging from a multidisciplinary and developmental perspective. The course will focus on the adult years of the life span. The social-psychological factors involved in adjustments to the aging process, to retirement, to family, to leisure, to aloneness, to death and bereavement will be discussed together with such special concerns of the elderly as widowhood, finances, religion, sexuality and health problems. Rehabilitative strategies such as remotivation and reality orientation are included.

Prerequisites & Notes

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  • Credits: 3;

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