SOC 215 - Social Gerontology

4 Hour(s)
This introduction to the field of gerontology will provide a comprehensive overview of aging using a sociology lens. This course studies the process of growing older and how society responds to the issues of aging from multiple interdisciplinary perspectives. Focus will be giving to the ways in which sociological theories and research discredit myths about older adults including: diversity, family life, health, retirement, housing, senior programs and services, and death and dying.

SP, odd years

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