Courses

Graduate Gerontology Course Descriptions

HPER C615/K500 Health, Longevity and Integrative Therapies for the Later Years
Fall
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
Summer
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  R566  Therapeutic Interventions with the Elderly
Spring
The unique recreation and leisure needs of more frail older individuals.  Topics include: aging, disability, chronic illness, the therapeutic recreation process, assessment, documentation, evaluation, and ethics. Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html         

HPER R565 Leisure and Aging
Summer/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

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
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
Summer
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  R366 Therapeutic Interventions with the Elderly
Spring
The unique recreation and leisure needs of more frail older individuals.  Topics include: aging, disability, chronic illness, the therapeutic recreation process, assessment, documentation, evaluation, and ethics. Register at https://www.indiana.edu/~hperweb/de/registration.html               

HPER R365 Leisure and Aging
Summer/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