Overview
Description
Introduction to the knowledge and skills necessary to begin to understand Gerontology and associated careers within the field of aging.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO10
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate rapport and sustain working relationships with older persons, their families, and caregivers.
- recognize and identify assumptions about aging, stereotyping, prejudice, stigma, and discrimination related to age.
- articulate key elements of the interdisciplinary field of gerontology and the contributions made to it by researchers, scholars, and practitioners from multiple disciplines.
- select a field in which they may choose to work and access its viability.
- describe essential organizations and agencies in our community that serve older persons.