20 courses with the subject GERON, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This introductory course provides an overview of research and knowledge in human aging. This course builds a framework for understanding the biopsychosocial aspects of human 860
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This foundational course introduces the major topics, concepts and terminology in life course studies using a global comparative perspective. This course builds a framework for understanding aging populations and aging individuals. It considers how different cultures and contexts influence attitudes toward aging and the aged. Case studies and essays from international gerontology scholars will be presented and studied. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Catalog ID: 040433 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course will instruct students in the embodied experience of the aging population, with a particular focus on sex and sexuality throughout the years of mid and later life. This will include fostering understanding of adults' changing sexual desires, needs, and activities 861
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (included P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course provides an overview of the diversity of the aging population in the United States, and the influence that this diversity has on the lived experience of aging individuals, through a multidisciplinary lens, using a life course and cumulative advantage framework. Key concepts, current research findings, and important policies concerning older adults are discussed. "Diversity" in this course is construed broadly to incorporate race, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation, immigration status, and ability, as well as how these identities interact -- intersectionality. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity Area: United States Semester(s) typically offered: Spring Course Catalog ID: 042221 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) 862
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (Includes P/F Option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course examines substance use among older adults as a social and behavioral phenomenon. Drawing on theory and empirical research from sociology, social psychology, public health, and gerontology, students will analyze how aging-related changes - biological, psychological, and social - intersect with patterns of alcohol, prescription medication, tobacco, cannabis, and illicit substance use across the second half of the life course. The course treats it as a window onto enduring questions in the social and behavioral sciences: How do social structures and policies shape individual behavior? Why do exposures and outcomes differ so dramatically across populations? How do stigma, identity, and social networks shape help-seeking and recovery? Students will apply core theoretical frameworks (the life course perspective, cumulative dis/advantage, social determinants of health, social network theory, and stigma theory) to interpret empirical evidence, critically evaluate research design and measurement, and develop their own evidence-informed analyses. Semester(s) typically offered: Spring Course Catalog ID: 043041 Course Offer Number: 1 863
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (no P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This undergraduate course provides an overview of policy and aging. The course provides a general framework for understanding and analyzing social policy and introduces students to the study of public policy. In addition, the course offers an overview of aging policy in the United States, with attention to financial security, access to health care, long-term care, and the Older Americans Act. Students are introduced to policy analysis. This course includes two sections, the first section introduces the legislative bodies and administrative agencies. This section allows students to critically analyze the state legislative process and to master verbal reasoning skills necessary to engage in strategic planning for influencing the decision makers. The second section provides a general framework for understanding and analyzing social policy and introduces students to the study of public policy. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Catalog ID: 036604 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course will provide students with a comprehensive overview of psychological aspects of aging. this course will be organized into three broad sections. 1) In the first section of this course, you will become aware of the increasing population of older adults, methods in aging studies, biological theories, physical changes, quality of life and longevity, common diseases, and person -environment interactions. 2) The second section of this course will cover attentional processes, types of memory, intelligence, and social cognition. 3) For the final section of this course, we will focus on mental health. Specifically learning about changes in personality with age, psychological and cognitive disorders including depression, anxiety, dementia, relationships throughout the lifespan, death and dying, and end of life care. To finish the semester we will reflect back on what we have learned and focus on how we can successfully age and encourage others 864
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (no P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course focuses on the physical changes in the body associated with normal aging. There is a lessened reserve capacity in all organ systems in the body that increase susceptibility to disease and illness. Emphasis is on health promotion and disease and disability prevention. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Catalog ID: 036599 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Older adults have specific considerations in the selection, integration, and assessment of current and emerging technologies. This course is designed to familiarize students with the concepts of the development, management and use of technology in aging services, while considering digital literacy among older adults and ageism in the digital space. This course seeks to develop the critical thinking and strategic planning skills that needed in today's rapidly changing health care environments for older adults, as technology is and will play an increasingly large role in how we provide, manage, and evaluate aging services. Semester(s) typically offered: Fall and Spring 865
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (no P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This 3-credit course is a project in conjunction with a community organization about an issue affecting the elderly. Students learn to clearly articulate significant questions, develop a research methodology, prepare instruments and gather data that informal debate on the issue. Students will participate in the design and implementation of a group field project. We will use mixed methods to explore the attitudes and behavior of these older adults. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Catalog ID: 036602 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course provides and overview of aging across the life course. Topics include the sociological components of aging from birth through childhood, young adulthood, adulthood, old age, and dying. Special emphasis is placed on the impact of gender, race, and social class on the aging process in the United States. Course Note: GERON 342L and SOCIOL 342L are the same course. This course is cross-listed as: SOCIOL 342L Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences 866
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course is designed as an overview of major areas of research on later life families. The class provides an opportunity to develop and evaluate research dealing with families in later life. Students will learn about theoretical bases of research and special methodological issues facing family researchers. Selected substantive topics include: intimate relationships in later life, intergenerational relationships, sibling relationships, the demographics of later life families, family caregiving, and policy issues. Course Catalog ID: 037062 Course Offer Number: 1
Human Services Major (BA) Human Services Program | College of Liberal Arts
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course examines the artistic and cultural dimensions of aging, focusing on the embodied experience of growing older in America and globally. Through an interdisciplinary lens, we explore how engagement in the arts and cultural activities shapes the aging process, promotes well-being, and fosters social connection. We analyze representations of aging in literature, film, and performance, critically interrogating the assumptions and stereotypes that circulate through mainstream and global cultures and how these influence interpersonal relationships and institutional practices. The course also investigates how artistic expression serves as a vehicle for identity, resilience, and community-building among older adults. This course seeks to develop the critical thinking skills that is needed in today's rapid changing cultural environments for older adults, and help students design meaningful arts-based interventions that enhance the lives of older populations. Semester(s) typically offered: Fall and Spring Course Catalog ID: 042803 Course Offer Number: 1
Electives
McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Requirements for Bachelor of Arts Course reuse: Students must fulfill the course requirements for all declared programs. Courses may be reuse following restrictions: • For students who elect a double major where the majors are in different schools/colleges, n level or above may be used toward the fulfillment of both majors. • For students who elect a minor where the major and minor are in different schools/colleges, level or above may be used toward the fulfillment of both the major and the minor.
Source: University of Massachusetts-Boston's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
