| New course | 400/500 course |
| First term offered : Winter 2014 | ||
| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| Gero 455 | Social Ties and Aging | 4 - |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Social Ties and Agin |
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Catalog Description: This course will focus on older persons in social contexts. We will examine: historical perspectives; demographic trends; theoretical frameworks and research methods; intimate relationships; intergenerational relationships; and life course transitions. Students will participate in a service-learning project that complements course content. |
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Course Goal and Objectives: This course will focus on older persons in social contexts. Students will: ¿Understand characteristics and processes of social ties in middle and later life ¿Understand family changes that occur with development in middle and later life ¿Recognize diversity in individual, family, and community contexts as shaped by gender, race or ethnicity, social class, and sexual orientation ¿Engage in a service learning project ¿Learn and apply basic qualitative research methods ¿Apply concepts and methods learned in class to the life experience of individuals in families at middle and later life |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course will provide context for the social ties of older adults which is currently missing from our curriculum. This was one of three courses missing from our curriculum as evaluated against Program of Merit Accreditation standards as established by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE). |
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Faculty and facilities needed: none |
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Brief Course outline: Students will learn about the following topics while addressing the life course transitions that mid to later life adults encounter as well as individual/family/community responses and contexts. ¿Introduction to Social Ties and Aging ¿Social Contexts and Theoretical Foundations ¿Intimate Ties in Later Life ¿Widow(er)hood ¿Intergenerational Relations/Parent-Adult Child Relationships ¿Support Exchanges/Caregiving ¿Grandparenting/Grandparents Raising Grandchildren ¿Sibling Relationships ¿Childless Older Adults ¿Elder Abuse and Neglect/Policy and Current Issues |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | Margaret Manoogian | Approved | November 20 2012 |
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Comments: No dept chair |
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| 2 - Division | Margaret Manoogian | Approved | November 21 2012 |
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Comments: No division chair |
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| 3 - Division Curriculum | Margaret Manoogian | Approved | November 22 2012 |
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Comments: No division curriculum chair |
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| 5 - Graduate Committee | Kimberly Jensen | Rejected | January 15 2013 |
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Comments: Submitted to Graduate Studies Committee by mistake. |
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| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | January 16 2013 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Keller Coker | Approved | February 06 2013 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | February 06 2013 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | February 07 2013 |
| Gero 455 Social Ties Syllabus for review.doc | Download |