[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Jan 02, 2025  
[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOC 349 - Sociology of Aging


Prerequisite(s):  ENG 122  
A critical examination of aging and the course of life from a sociological perspective. The course examines how aging and the course of life are socially defined; how social stratification of age affects health, illness, caregiving, and choices/chances in life's course; how power influences aging; the social and economic outlooks of an aging society; and current issues of entitlement, retirement, end of life, and stratified life course experiences.   Issues are considered from an American and global perspective.