Overview
Description
Theory, research, and issues in adult development and aging.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- assess the lifespan/life course perspective to appreciate age over time in relation to: the human life cycle and stages of growth and development within the social context; to the historical context of cohorts; and to age, gender, race, and SES within social environments.
- describe human growth and development across the lifespan / course including late life outcomes such as life satisfaction, coping and adaptation.
- assess the impact of inequality on individual and group life opportunities throughout the lifespan/course impacting late-life outcomes.
- appraise the changing dynamics of contemporary multi-generaltional families and their impact on social solidarity and interdependence.
- develop comprehensive and meaningful concepts, definitions and measures for well-being of older persons and their families, grounded in humanities and arts.
- relate social theories and science of aging to understanding heterogeneity, inequality, and context of aging.
- critique and analyze assumptions, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination related to age at both personal and societal levels.