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Mar 28, 2024
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2016-2017 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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HEPR 250 - Cross Cultural History of Aging Credits: Three (3) The course will take a comparative approach to a study of
ideologies and traditions toward old age in selected cultures
around the world. Cultures studies will include: Native American,
African, Asian, and European. The last part of the course will look
at the evolving history of old age in the United States from the
Colonial Period to the present. Some of the issues covered include:
elderly in the family and society, changing ideas about old age,
history of public policies toward the elderly, gender differences,
impact of the growing numbers of elderly on historical and
political events.
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