INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY B
PHE3IGB
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students of a wide range of disciplines are provided with an understanding of the experience of ageing from a range of perspectives including biological and psychosocial. Topics include cultural and demographic aspects of ageing, psychosocial aspects of ageing and adaptation, structural and functional age-related changes, health and wellbeing in older age and clinical and preventative aspects of ageing. The subject applies a multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of conceptual and professional issues in ageing.
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Margot Schofield
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: PHE31IGA
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: Offered subject to sufficient enrolments