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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - GEY7610
Tracking Number - 1851
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- Date & Time Submitted: 2005-06-17
- Department: School of Aging Studies
- College: AS
- Budget Account Number: 122900000
- Contact Person: Sandra Reynolds
- Phone: x9750
- Email: sreynold@cas.usf.edu
- Prefix: GEY
- Number: 7610
- Full Title: Psychological Issues in Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspective
- Credit Hours: 3
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: N
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?:
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): I/D PsychAging
- Course Online?: -
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- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites: None
- Corequisites: None
- Course Description: This course provides an overview of theory & research on individual human development and aging. Emphasis is on cognition, personality, psychopathology, stress and coping, caregiving, and end-of-life issues. Open to all majors and not repeatable.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: This class is 1 of 4 Core courses in the Ph. D. in Aging Studies, begun in 1995. It has been taught as a Special Topics course and needs to be on the books.
- What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? Required for Ph.D. in Aging Studies. Other program students who might be interested could include Psychology, Public Health, Nursing, or Social Work.
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? Yes, 5 times. Enrollment began as 7 students and usually attracts 10-15 students.
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Doctoral level degree in Gerontology, Psychology, or a related discipline.
- Objectives: -Development of critical thinking and writing skills
-Expose students to state of the art research in this field
-Familiarize students to a variety of research methods and tools used by researchers into aging & psychology.
- Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to:
-Identify major controversies in Psychology and Aging
-Summarize and critique extant literature in the field
-Write an academic paper and present results of research in oral presentations
- Major Topics: Cognition Stress and Coping
Caregiving Alzheimer's Disease
Successful aging Communications
Other mental illnesses associated with aging
End-of-life issues
- Textbooks: -Papalia, D. E., Camp, C. T. & Feldman, R. D. (1996). Adult Development and Aging. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Numerous journal articles
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- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.