Course Overview [pdf], [MS Word] and [html]

Course Outline [pdf], [MS Word] and [html]

Students will:

- identify common myths about aging and positive facts to dispel stereotyping

- recognize the aging process and identify factors that contribute to a productive and longer life

- identify the changes that occur throughout the aging process, the needs created by these changes, and ways to respond to the needs of the elderly

- recognize that adolescents and mature adults have similar interests, aspirations, and needs

- examine factors in the environment that make the elderly vulnerable to criminal acts and susceptible to accidents, and suggest ways of prevention

- examine the housing choices of the elderly and how choices are made

- research career opportunities in the field of gerontology.