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Apr 19, 2024
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CFS 5660 - Transitions in Development: Middle and Later Life
Focuses on older persons in the context of family life. Students will examine the following topics as they relate to aging and families: historical perspectives, demographic trends, theoretical frameworks, research methods, intimate relationships, intergenerational relationships, and life course transitions. Particular attention will be given to the multiple contexts affecting and being affected by families in middle to later life. Students also will have the opportunity to participate in a service-learning project that complements the course content and allows for reflection on personal development as it relates to the concepts learned in class.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will apply concepts and methods learned in class to the life experience of individuals in families at middle and later life.
- Students will demonstrate an ability to recognize diversity in families as shaped by gender, race or ethnicity, social class, and sexual orientation.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and processes of families in middle and later life.
- Students will explain family changes that occur with development in middle and later life.
- Students will participate in a service-learning project working with older adults in the community.
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