SOCL 311W Aging and the Life Course [GEWI]

Aging is viewed as a life course process. We focus on social and cultural aspects, noting attitudes toward aging, assessing how aging experiences are affected by social location (gender, race/ethnicity, class), and elaborate the social construction of age including implications of population aging for individual and societal well-being.

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall

Prerequisites - SOCL 105
Other Restrictions -
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Keywords: Writing Intensive (GEWI), Sociology
Updates: Course Rotation added 12/2014; Change to title and description 10/2011, effective Winter 2012

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