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REQUIRED COURSES (12 units) (Click on link to download syllabus for course-pdf file)
- PSY 365 Intro to Gerontology (3)
- Study of the changes occurring with age as a result of alterations in physical conditions, economic status, role changes, etc. and the accompanying psychological effects. Students engage in volunteer activities, or advocacy work in community agencies for persons over 55, or in research in memory, quality of life issues, physical health, exercise, etc. (Available for General Education, Social Sciences.) Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement.
- Dr. Luciana Lagana'
- Syllabus (pdf file- requires acrobat reader)
- HSCI 418 Health and Aging (3)
- This course is designed to provide upper division undergraduate students with an overview of critical issues related to aging and health. Topics covered include: physiology of aging, health behaviors, age-related diseases, managing illness, medical care, and death and dying. Students will be expected to master a number of theoretical and empirical approaches to health. Prerequisites: PSY 365 or instructor consent
- Dr. Debra Sheets
- Syllabus (pdf file- requires acrobat reader)
- SOC 440 Sociology of Aging (3)
- Analysis of aging in its social and social psychological aspects, throughout the life span. Emphasis on particular social problems of the elderly; retirement, widowhood, suicide, housing, income maintenance, attitudes toward death and dying, etc.
- Dr. Jean Daniels
- Dr. Helen Dosik
- PSY 465 [Psychology of] Aging (3)
- Prerequisite: PSY 365. A comprehensive study of the later years of life including physical changes, social adaptations, psychological aspects and the interactions among these areas. Successful aging is explored as well as problem areas. Attention is given to intervention strategies and to theoretical formulations. Students are expected to participate in ongoing relationships with the elderly.
- Dr. Luciana Lagana'
Integrative Courses (3 units)
- Select one course in your major or with approval of coordinator:
- LSRC 415 Leisure and Aging(3)
- Study of the psycho-social aspects of aging as related to leisure and recreation. Implications for functional, environmental and leadership dimensions of leisure and recreation experiences in the later years.
- Offered in Fall semester only
- Dr. Veda Ward
- Syllabus (pdf file- requires acrobat reader)
- HSCI 422 Health Services for the Elderly and Mentally Ill (3)
- Prerequisites: HSCI 312, 314, PSY 310, 365. Problems in planning, financing, delivering, and evaluating health services for the elderly and the mentally ill. Administrative structures and public and private delivery systems are compared and critiqued.
- Offered in Fall semester only
- Dr. Louis Rubino
- Syllabus (pdf file- requires acrobat reader)
- FES 424 Resource Management for the Elderly (3)
- Non majors taking this course for the Certificate Program for Service to the Aging must demonstrate that they have had sufficient experience in gerontology to benefit from the course. Concentrates upon allocation of resources during the late phases of the family life cycle. Attention is given to retirement planning, alternative life styles for the aging and elderly. Government, community and private resources are analyzed relative to benefits useful to this age group.
Offered in Fall semester only- Prof. Cynthia Schelsinger
- Syllabus (pdf file- requires acrobat reader)
Electives* (6 units)
- Select two of the following courses:
- FES 543 Intergenerational Caregiving (3)
- This seminar style class with an interdisciplinary format is open to service minded graduate students and senior undergraduates in all majors. Various teaching modes will be used to explore the interdependence of the generations including student presentations, site visits, and small group creative curriculum projects.
- HSCI 521 Health Care Ethics (3)
- Prerequisites: HSCI 314, 412; PHIL 160 or consent of instructor, or good standing. Framework for analysis of ethical issues in the provision of health care including conceptual foundations for defining biomedical ethical problems; societal, institutional and individual dilemmas in health care delivery and financing; ethical problems at the beginning and at the end of life; administration of institutional ethics committees.
- Dr. Miriam Cotler
- FES 409 Geriatric Nutrition (3)
- Prerequisite: Majors, FES 307. Nonmajors taking this course must demonstrate that they have had sufficient experience in gerontology to benefit from the content. Special problems of the aging population with regard to nutrient requirements, food use and selection; government intervention programs related to nutrition.
- KIN 325 Motor Development (2)
- An introduction to the lifespan approach for the development of movement skills, with emphasis on motor development during childhoos and adolescence. (Physical Therapy majors will receive General Education credit, Applied Arts and Sciences, for this course.
- Dr. Jennifer Romack
- KIN 325L Motor Development Laboratory (1)
- A laboratory experience designed to apply motor development concepts and issues and to develop skills in gathering data, analyzing results, and comparing results to the existing body of knowledge. (Concurrent enrollment in KIN 325 is required.)
- Dr. Jennifer Romack
- FES 354 Apparel for Special Groups (3)
- Prerequisites: FES 150, 160, 353. Lecture-discussion course to study clothing needs and desires of children, the physically limited of all ages, the aged and other special groups.
- CD 345 Hearing Science (3)
- Study of physics of sound, anatomy and physiology of the ear, and measurement of perception of sound. Brief survey of causes of hearing impairment and habilitation procedures.
- KIN 566 Seminar in Aging and Environmental Aspects of Exercise (3)
- *Additional electives are possible if approved by the coordinaor beforehand.
Internship (3 units)
- Supervised internship in the field of aging for a minimum of 120 hours
- Dr. Debra Sheets
California State University, Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91330 (818-677-1200
