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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGING
Liberal Study
Upper Level
Credits: 4
Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Spring 1. Summer. Fall 1.
Course Description:
Explore the topic of aging as a global phenomenon with cross-cultural, multinational resource implications for health care systems and health and human services providers. Study the interdisciplinary topic of global aging from an international, primarily non-Western perspective, with emphasis on learning populations. Understand the health and human service implications for aging policy and practice driven by cultural practices, geographic resources, demographics, traditions of kinship structures, and perceptions of disability around the globe.
NOTE: This course is offered for 8 weeks in the SU1 term only
Students obtaining Federal Direct loans: If you are only taking 8 week courses during the Summer term your student loans may be reduced or cancelled. Please visit our Web site at www.esc.edu/FinancialServices for more information.
