SOC 333 - Aging and Societies

Basic theories, methods and concepts in the field of social gerontology highlighting demographic trends in aging locally, nationally, and globally, the effects of population aging in developing and developed countries, individual accommodations to the aging process in different societies, the social construction of old age across cultures, and social policy in relation to the stratification of the aged and an increasingly elderly population from a comparative perspective.

Prerequisites & Notes: Any course from: SOC 221, SOC 234, SOC 251, SOC 255, SOC 260, SOC 268, SOC 269, SOC 271 or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter