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Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer
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Single courses may be available
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You can enroll in this program before the beginning of Autumn, Winter, Spring, or Summer quarters. All courses are offered as group start to provide opportunities for student-to-student interaction. In addition, courses in the program are offered at least two quarters per year, with Current Issues on Aging offered every quarter, providing multiple opportunities for students to complete the program. Please see the class matrix below for details on the group start schedule. Please contact a program representative if you have questions
Interested in taking a single class? Some courses (designated by a 
below) may be open on a space-available basis to professionals who are not seeking the certificate. See Single-Course Enrollment for details.
Courses can be taken in a variety of sequences. The following course order is one possibility:
Offered Autumn and Spring Quarters
Social and Cultural Aspects of Aging (UCONJ 442, 3 credits)
Schedule: Group start. Course meets asynchronously online. Please see Group Start Schedule below.
$768
Instructor: Marty Richards.
Draws upon material from many of the social sciences to examine the range and variation in institutions, attitudes and cultural values related to aging. This course emphasizes social and economic factors that influence elders in different cultures. Students learn about the effects of ethnic and sex differences on aging, and cross-cultural variations in the perception and treatment of the aged.
How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course
Offered Winter and Summer Quarters
Biological Aspects of Aging (UCONJ 440, 3 credits)
Schedule: Group start. Course meets asynchronously online. Please see Group Start Schedule below.
$768
Instructor: Barbara Cochrane
Introductory material on aspects of biology of human aging and functional changes associated with normal aging, including those illnesses that may be present in older people. This course focuses on the relationship between changes in physical function, environment and quality of life, and includes theoretical perspectives on aging, as well as the aging process in specific physiological systems. An introductory course in biology is recommended as a prerequisite.
How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course
Offered Autumn and Spring Quarters
Psychology of Aging (UCONJ 411, 3 credits)
Schedule: Group start. Course meets asynchronously online. Please see Group Start Schedule below.
$768
Instructor: H. Asuman Kiyak
Focuses on developing the skills necessary for critically evaluating current psychological theories of aging, research findings in this area, and the implications of these for the aged person. Special consideration is given to effects of health and socioeconomic factors upon the psychological processes of aging. The implications of various psychological changes upon the aged individual's daily functioning are also examined.
How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course
Offered Winter and Summer Quarters
The Family in Later Life (UCONJ 412, 3 credits)
Schedule: Group start. Course meets asynchronously online. Please see Group Start Schedule below.
$768
Instructor: Marty Richards
Focuses on issues affecting older persons and their families. Addresses demographic influences on families; roles, rules for and function of family members; inter-generational relationships; economic, political and social policy affecting family life; and cultural variations and supportive resources for older persons and their families.
How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course
Capstone Course- offered every quarter
Current Issues in Aging (UCONJ 413, 3 credits)
Schedule:
Offered All Quarters. Group start. Course meets asynchronously online. Please see Group Start Schedule below.
$768
Instructor: H. Asuman Kiyak
Addresses cutting-edge issues. Students receive readings and use the internet to obtain current information on topics of careers and research in aging, advocacy, public policy in aging, and long-term care issues.
How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course
*All fees are subject to change.
GROUP START SCHEDULE
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CLASS START DATE |
WINTER |
SPRING |
SUMMER |
AUTUMN |
Social and Cultural Aspects of Aging
(UCONJ 442)
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Mar. 29, 2010 |
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Sept. 29, 2010 |
Biological Aspects of Aging
(UCONJ 440)
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Jan. 4, 2010 |
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June 21, 2010 |
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Psychology of Aging
(UCONJ 411)
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Mar. 29, 2010 |
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Sept. 29, 2010 |
The Family and Later Life
(UCONJ 412)
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Jan. 4, 2010 |
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June 21, 2010 |
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Current Issues in Aging
(UCONJ 413)
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Jan. 4, 2010 |
Mar. 29, 2010 |
June 21, 2010 |
Sept. 29, 2010 |
