13 courses with the subject GER, 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.
GER 2101General Gerontology Practicum1
Credits: 1 hr This course provides a practicum experience in which the students will engage in activities within settings or agencies dealing with services or programs developed for older persons. Students who have successfully completed General Gerontology and decide to major or minor in gerontology will be required to complete this course. A practicum of 60 hours is required. Satisfactory completion of General Gerontology ( GER 2301 ) and General Gerontology Practicum are equivalent will satisfy the prerequisite to enter the Gerontology Program.
Credits: 3 hrs This course will explore how people age as individuals, as members of families and communities, and as part of the larger society. Students will use a life course perspective to delve into issues of individual aging such as meaning and intellectual functioning in later life, theories of aging, and why bodies age. Aging in society will include health care issues such as Medicare and rationing of care, economic issues related to Social Security and retirement, and diversity of aging experiences. Aging in families will be examined through family roles of older adults and responsibility of families to care for older family members. The current issue of aging baby boomers will also be investigated.
GER 2326Statistics for Social and Behavior Sciences3
Credits: 3 hrs The objective of this course is to show the student how statistics are used. The student will gain an appreciation of the proper use of statistics and statistical terms in textbooks, newspapers, magazines and in research reports. The major emphasis of this course is an understanding of statistical measures, sampling and hypothesis testing. This course is a prerequisite to
Credits: 3 hrs The response and effect of culture and ethnicity are examined as to the care, status, and services accorded to an elderly individual who is a member of a specific culture group. In addition, students explore the aging of subgroups within society (e.g., women, homeless, individuals with special needs) and become aware of how human diversity impacts the delivery of services, treatment and care of aging individuals.
GER 2301 Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Breadth Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 14, 2019 Effective Date: Fall 2019
GER 3302Gerontological Theory to Practice3
Credits: 3 hrs Students are exposed to and will model appropriate behavior when dealing with elderly individuals who are aging normally or who are experiencing a variety of mental, physical and social dysfunctions. Techniques, practices and available technology employed to assist the learning and independent function of the individual are discussed. In addition, ethical treatment of individuals and how to structure an environment to allow for independence are presented. Students will design a space and a program to address the needs of a specific elderly individual or group.
Credits: 3 hrs This course highlights the connections between social environmental conditions and functional problems commonly associated with health changes in among older adults. This joint focus will enable students to identify preventive factors, risk markers, and symptoms of functional decline and the related macro and micro-level social implications of these dynamic conditions.
GER 2301 or SOC 2301 or SOC 2302 or permission of instructor Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: February 24, 2015
GER 3304Public Policy, Aging and Society3
Credits: 3 hrs This course provides students with an in-depth examination of how public policy across the lifespan is formulated on the national, state and local level. Students in this course will be exposed to a variety of critical policy issues, for instance, issues concerning Social Security, the Older American’s Act; and older adult entitlement programs. Students will be challenged to explore the development of the modern welfare state and the impact of globalization on public policy. Global economic and political forces and social needs will be explored in great detail. Special attention will be given to the distinction between disparities in access to social goods such as housing and health care and disparities in outcomes such as unemployment, poverty, and disease.
GER 2301 Minimum grade of “C-” or Undergraduate level of POS 2311 minimum grade of “C-“ Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: December 15, 2016
GER 3310Biology of Aging3
Credits: 3 hrs This lecture course studies anatomical and physiological changes and adjustments occurring over time as part of normal developmental processes and those that result from intrinsic, progressive, irreversible and deleterious changes of Senescence. Comparisons of the structure and function of systems in organisms, primary in the human body, will be made to distinguish between age-related and pathological and other environmentally induced changes.
BIO 1301 and GER 2101 & GER 2301 or GER 2401 . Cross-listed as BIO 3310
GER 4301Research Methods and Evaluation in Gerontology3
Credits: 3 hrs This course includes the methods, theories, and techniques of research and evaluation. Problem identification, literature review, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and proposal development in the area of gerontology are explored.
Senior status Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: December 15, 2015
GER 4302Dying, Death, and Bereavement3
Credits: 3 hrs This course examines the phenomena of death, grief and bereavement from a number of perspectives; including but not limited to Western, Eastern and Native American philosophies. The impact of and recovery from loss (death, divorce, changes, etc.); near- death experiences and survivors; grief; reincarnation theories are explored and discussed. Guest lecturers will share their experiences and expertise.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to explore historical and current issues of gerontology. Students are given the opportunities to synthesize previously learned concepts and to evaluate trends in contemporary ethical, moral, legal and political issues related to gerontology in an experiential, reflexive, document. Concepts of leadership, change, research and professional ethics relevant to gerontology will be discussed. Students will write a scholarly research paper on an aging issue of professional interest, under the guidance of a mentor. The final paper will be presented before a panel of students, faculty and professionals, in the form of a professional seminar. Students will attend seminars facilitated by professionals in the field of aging as a vital component of the course.
Senior status and completion of gerontology core program.
GER 4304Gerontology Practicum for Minors3
Credits: 3 hrs The practicum is a key part of the curriculum and has two fundamental goals: (1) to provide students with professional experience and an opportunity for career orientation and (2) to give students an opportunity to put the knowledge they have accumulated in the classroom to use in a facility serving the elderly, thus integrating knowledge and practice.
Senior status and completion of gerontology core program for minors.
GER 4601Internship in Gerontology6
Credits: 6 hrs This course will include an extended experience with an agency, facility or program dealing with an aspect of gerontology that is of interest to the student. The student will work under the direct supervision of a professional on site. The semester prior to enrolling for the actual course, the student will meet with the internship coordinator of the Gerontology Program to identify an appropriate site and complete the procedures for the initiation of the internship. A minimum of 360 hours is required.
“C” or better in GER 2301 / GER 2401 and GER 2101 and senior status and 2.5 GPA and above senior standing. Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: December 15, 2015
Source: Winston-Salem State University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
