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GerontologyCredits
This course will answer the question Why should I care about getting old when I am young? through an exploration of the life course perspective, service learning opportunities, and written reflection and exploration.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 7A - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Gold
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
This course will answer the question Why should I care about getting old when I am young? through an exploration of the life course perspective, service learning opportunities, and written reflection and exploration.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 7A - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Gold | Writing Intensive
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
Curricular Practical Training: Co-Operative Experience is a zero-credit full-time practical training experience for one semester and an adjacent fall or spring term. Special rules apply to preserve full-time student status. Please contact an advisor in your program for complete information.
- Prerequisites:
- At least 60 credits earned; in good standing; instructor permission; co-op contract; other prerequisites may also apply.
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
Engaging with the practice of policy development, understanding critical policies impacting the experience of aging, and learning how to become a policy entrepreneur will be the focus for this course. The course will also explore innovations in aging policy globally.
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
Overview of how facilities administer supports and services to the elderly, with an emphasis on state and federal laws and the delivery of care. Course addresses the organization, operations, services, and programs of long-term care facilities. Meets state education requirements for specific content area.
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
Topics vary as announced in class schedule. May be retaken for credit if topic is different.
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
This course in regulatory management covers the legal, regulatory, and funding provisions and requirements governing operation of long-term care supports and services. The course meets the state educational requirement for a specific content area.
Workshop topics vary as announced in class schedule. May be retaken for credit.
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- Prerequisites:
- Consent
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
For students following plan of study for nursing home administration licensure only. Prereq: by application and consent only
- Prerequisites:
- by application and consent only
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
The school and community health programs prepare health professionals with expertise in health promotion and disease prevention for employment in public health and community health agencies, health care facilities, business, and industry and schools.
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
Engaging with the practice of policy development, understanding critical policies impacting the experience of aging, and learning how to become a policy entrepreneur will be the focus for this course. The course will also explore innovations in aging policy globally.
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
Overview of how facilities administer supports and services to the elderly, with an emphasis on state and federal laws and the delivery of care. Course addresses the organization, operations, services, and programs of long-term care facilities. Meets state education requirements for specific content area.
Topics vary as announced in class schedule. May be retaken for credit if topic is different.
This course in regulatory management covers the legal, regulatory, and funding provisions and requirements governing operation of long-term care supports and services. The course meets the state educational requirement for a specific content area.
Workshop topics vary as announced in class schedule. May be retaken for credit.
This course will provide students with an integrated knowledge of theory and practice in gerontology and examine the challenges involved in studying and providing services to the elderly, as well as ethical and advocacy-related issues in an aging society.
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
Topic varies with offering. May be taken more than once.
This course will focus upon the critical examination of leadership in the context of organizations serving older populations. The course will include exploration of decisions, processes and ideas exhibited by transformational leaders in aging in the US and globally.
- Areas of Interest:
- Human Services
- Programs:
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For students following the program of study for nursing home administration.
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