USF 1995-96 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 163
GEY 3000 INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY (3)
This course is designed to be an introduction to the study of aging. The aging process is viewed from a multi-disciplinary perspective including the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of aging.
GEY 3601 BEHAVIOR CHANGES IN LATER LIFE (3)
PR: GEY 3000. A survey of physical and psychological aspects of aging from middle age through older age. Course emphasis will be on basic age-related changes and their implications for behavior in older age.
GEY 3625 SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF AGING -6A -SS -AF (3)
PR: GEY 3000. Consideration of human aging in a broad sociocultural context. Course emphasis will be on historical, philosophic, and demographic aspects of aging, theories of social gerontology, attitudes toward aging and the aged, cross-cultural perspectives on aging, the sociology of retirement, and aging and the community.
GEY 4327 LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATION I (3)
PR: GEY 3000, ACG 2011. A survey of Long Term Care (LTC) environments. Explored are such issues as definitions of LTC, physiological conditions of LTC uses, the institutional setting, the sociopsychological context, and methods of evaluation and intervention.
GEY 4328 LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATION II (3)
PR: GEY 4327. Administration of long-term care institutions from a group dynamics perspective. Emphasis on informed problem solving and decision-making via analysis of the psychosocial and sociocultural environment in the nursing home community. Course objective is to create efficient and humane living and working conditions in nursing homes.
GEY 4329 LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATION III (3)
PR: GEY 4328. This course will familiarize the student with the basic aspects of nursing home administration through the practical application of management theory and concepts.
GEY 4360 GERONTOLOGICAL COUNSELING (3)
An introduction to the study of the major mental health problems of the elderly. Current approaches to counseling the elderly in community and institutional settings are discussed.
GEY 4401 RESEARCH METHODS IN GERONTOLOGY (3)
PR: STA 3122 or equivalent. Restricted to Gerontology majors, others by departmental permission. Methods and techniques of social research in gerontology. Design of gerontological studies, collection and analysis of data, interpretation of results, and preparation of reports.
GEY 4640 DEATH AND DYING (3)
PR: GEY 3000. A broad overview of the basic concepts and psychosocial issues relating to the meaning of loss and death, the process of death, and the experience of grieving. Health care practices are considered along with community resources.
GEY 4900 DIRECTED READINGS (1-3)
PR: CI. A reading program with topics in gerontology conducted under the supervision of a faculty member.
GEY 4935 SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERONTOLOGY (3)
Courses on topics such as preretirement, mental health, human services organization, nursing home administration, the older woman, and elder abuse will be offered. May be repeated up to 6 credit hours.
GEY 4945 FIELD PLACEMENT (6-8)
PR: CI. Internship in an agency or community setting. A full-time assignment to an agency or organization, engaged in planning or administering programs for older people if in the BA program (6 hours), or to a nursing home if in the BS program (8 hours).
GEY 5620 SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AGING (3)
Examines, within a sociological frame of reference, the interrelationships between the aged (or aging) and the structure and function of the social systems and its major institutionalized subsystems.
GEY 5630 ECONOMICS AND AGING (3)
Examines basic economic systems as they impact the aged. Emphasis is on applied aspects of economic planning, pensions, insurance, social security, and other support systems.
GEY 5642 PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND DYING (3)
Study of the various psychological, medical, legal, and religious problems caused by dying and death, and of how individuals and groups have responded in the past and present.
HUS 3001 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SERVICES (3)
An introduction to the field of human services. Study of the professions and agencies involved in providing human services. Analysis of the values and ethics of various professional associations.
HUS 4020 THE LIFE CYCLE (4)
An examination of individuals and the physiological and psychosocial changes which occur during infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle age and old age.
HUS 4100 INTERVIEWING (3)
PR: HUS 3001. The principles and techniques of interviewing. Use of interviewing in information gathering, research and helping relationships and developing skills in communication across cultural, social and age barriers.
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Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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