SOCIAL ISSUES IN AGING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing and ( SOC WORK 205 , SOC 181 , SOC/C&E SOC 140 , 210 or 211 ) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize aging as a combination of psychological, social, and biological processes. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify personal attitudes/values and dispel commonly held myths/stereotypes regarding older adults and aging. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize how older adults are impacted by intersecting identities, including age, race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability, and other minoritized statuses as well as socio-historical context and life experiences across the life course. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe how individual and compounded biopsychosocial issues can affect an older adult’s overall health and wellbeing as well as the health and well-being of those who work with and care for them. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize aging as a combination of psychological, social, and biological processes. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify personal attitudes/values and dispel commonly held myths/stereotypes regarding older adults and aging. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize how older adults are impacted by intersecting identities, including age, race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability, and other minoritized statuses as well as socio-historical context and life experiences across the life course. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe how individual and compounded biopsychosocial issues can affect an older adult’s overall health and wellbeing as well as the health and well-being of those who work with and care for them. Audience: Undergraduate