Gerontology 4023
Advanced Seminar in Gerontology

Instructor: G. Irwin-Kenyon

Course Description

This course is intended for students in the final semester of the programme. It will consist of a multi-disciplinary lecture-seminar format. Selected topics in aging research and intervention will be discussed. The purpose of this course is to ensure that students have a comprehensive background in the field of aging, including an understanding of ethics and values. Half Credit.

Note: There will be no textbook for this course, however, handouts on specific issues will be provided as required reading.

Course Schedule

Week 1 Introduction--Course Outline and Process
Week 2 Organization of Groups and Projects
Week 3 Colloquium
Week 4 Colloquium
Week 5 Colloquium
Week 6 Colloquium
Week 7 Colloquium
Week 8 Colloquium
Week 9 Mid Term Break No Class
Week 10 Class Presentations
Week 11 Class Presentations
Week 12 Class Presentations
Week 13 Class Presentations-- Journal Due
Week 14 Term Paper Due--Programme Wrap-Up

Course Requirements

The grade for this course will be based on four components:

30% (1) Critical Journal--A summary and critique of Colloquium Sessions and Class Presentations--2 Pages-Typed--Double-Spaced Each --Total of 16 Pages (8 topics)--Guiding Questions will be distributed.

30% (2) Class Presentation--approximately 60 minutes and involving groups of two students. Topics to be chosen in consultation with the instructor.

30% (3) Term Paper--10-12 pages Typed-Double-Spaced--Paper should contain at least Four (4) scholarly references that are used in the paper.

10% (4) Class attendance and participation.

References and Sources for Presentations

Bengtson, V. & Schaie, W. (Eds.) (1999). Handbook of theories of aging. New York: Springer.

Birren, J. & Bengtson, V. (Eds.). (1988). Emergent theories of aging. New York: Springer.

Birren, J., Kenyon, G., Ruth, J.E., Schroots, J.J.F. & Svensson, T. (Eds.) (1996). Aging and biography: Explorations in adult development. New York: Springer.

Kenyon, G., Birren, J. & Schroots, J.J.F. (Eds.) (1991). Metaphors of aging in scienceand the humanities. New York: Springer.

Thornton, J. & Winkler, E. (Eds.) (1988). Ethics and aging. Vancouver: U.B.C. Press.

Butterworth Series of Monographs on Selected Themes in the Field of Aging.

Topics Include: Ethnicity, Drugs, Demography, Rural Aging, Widowhood, Women and Aging, Changing Residence, Institutionalization, Crime and Victimization, Retirement, Abuse.

Encyclopedia of Aging, 3^rd Edition.

Encyclopedia of Gerontology

Handbooks of the Psychology of Aging, Aging and the Social Sciences, and Aging and the Humanities.

Ageing and Society

Omega

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Canadian Journal on Aging

Introduction to Gerontology Textbooks

Courses Regularly Taught

GERO 2013 Introduction to Gerontology
GERO 2273 Death and Dying
GERO 3033 Aging and Spirituality
GERO 3233 Aging and Tai Chi: Theory, Research, and Practice
GERO 3063 Aging and Biography
GERO 4013 Seminar in Aging
GERO 4023 Advanced Seminar in Gerontology