Courses

Graduate Gerontology Course Descriptions

HPER C615/K500 Health, Longevity and Integrative Therapies for the Later Years
Fall/Summer
This interdisciplinary online course reviews health care, the biology of aging, new research in aging, and applications of integrative medicine for older adults. Students evaluate comparative effectiveness of integrative therapies and allopathic medicine for common chronic illnesses in the rapidly growing older adult population and critically analyze the “anti-aging” industry. Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html                     

HPER C535 Contemporary Issues in Aging and Health
Spring
This online course examines aging issues and health inequalities among diverse populations, women’s aging and health experiences, and the prospects for the aging baby boomer cohort. Graduate students evaluate the effectiveness of current public health programs and policies in meeting the needs of the rapidly growing diverse older adult population. Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html

EDUC P517 Adult Development and Aging
Fall
Development from early, middle, and late adulthood. Topics include: developmental research methods, racial and ethnic diversity in adult development, relationships in adulthood, work, leisure, and retirement, changes across adulthood in health, sensory, cognitive, and personality functioning, coping in adulthood, mental health interventions, and communicating with the elderly. Register at http://www.indiana.edu/~disted/
     
EDUC P518 Social Aspects of Aging
Spring
This course considers the social, financial, familial, and resource needs and issues of older individuals, and the contemporary responses of public health and social systems.  This class enables students to critically analyze current social events and better interrelate to issues in aging using solid concepts, theories and research. Register at http://www.indiana.edu/~disted/
     
HPER R565 Leisure and Aging
Fall
The role of leisure in older adulthood. This course explores the role of leisure in healthy older adult development.  Topics include: physical, cognitive, emotional, and social aging; theoretical frameworks in the literature on leisure and aging; current leisure services and settings, and public policy issues of the 21st century.  Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html

C625 Health Information Systems and Gerotechnologies
Fall
Develops leadership in technologies and information systems that support and promote health
and independence in later life. Students evaluate and apply theoretical constructs including
person-environment fit, human-centered design, privacy, ethics, and usability in developing a
business plan for presentation to venture capitalists. Builds competencies in communication,
informatics, technology, and design.

Undergraduate Gerontology Course Descriptions

HPER C354 Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Gerontology
Fall/Spring
Multidisciplinary perspectives on aging. Topics include: research methods, demographics, historical and cultural aspects of aging, biological and social theories of aging, physical, cognitive, personality changes in old age, physical and mental health in old age, relationships in old age, and death. Implications for social policy are emphasized. Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html   

HPER C315/P445 Health in the Later Years
Fall/Summer
As aging becomes a public health priority, an interdisciplinary consideration of the health issues of older adults is critical.  This course reviews the biology of aging, health care, new research in aging, applications of integrative medicine for older adults, and physical activity and aging. 
(Offered with C615) Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html               

HPER C335 Aging, Health, and Diverse Populations
Spring
This online course examines contemporary issues in the rapidly aging population. Topics include aging issues among diverse populations, women’s aging experience, and the aging baby boomer cohort. Students develop plans to address the health needs of selected aging populations.  
(Offered with C535) Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html                         

HPER R365 Leisure and Aging
Fall
The role of leisure in older adulthood. This course explores the role of leisure in healthy older adult development.  Topics include: physical, cognitive, emotional, and social aging; theoretical frameworks in the literature on leisure and aging; current leisure services and settings, and public policy issues of the 21st century.  Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html               

HPER C325 Health, Informatics, and Aging
Fall
Reviews how health in later life can be supported technology. Guest lecturers from Informatics,
Nursing and Kinesiology introduce concepts including: pervasive and ubiquitous computing;
human-centered design; virtual worlds; fitness; chronic illness; and models, prototypes,
and applications of technologies. Students develop, and present for potential funding, an
entrepreneurial business plan.

ACE D505 Adult Learning Through the Lifespan
Fall
Review of selected adult education literature describing the adult lifespan as it relates to participation in learning projects and adult education programming. Identify how social and cultural forces influence the engagement of adults in the learning process.

ACE D506 Adult Education Planning and Development
Spring
Investigate the theory and research of program planning and development for adults, including processes used to develop educational programs in various settings. Topics include needs assessment, program design and development, implementation, and evaluation.