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SOCIO 944 - Seminar in the Sociology of Aging

Credits 3

Consideration of selected topics and issues in the sociology of aging such as retirement and institutional change, societal reactions to aging, population structure and socioeconomic consequences of aging populations, the social organization of leisure, the impact on social organization of services for older people, the structural and organizational consequences of widowhood, age-grading and stratification in aging populations, analysis of the impact on community structure, and organization of special institutions for older people.

Repeat for Credit
Y

Requisites
Prerequisite: SOCIO 744.

Typically Offered
Other


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