Course Description

SY216 Sociology of Aging 0.5

Theory, research and application in sociological gerontology, including ethnicity, gender, class, work, health and family, and community relations. Attention will be given to aging from the three major paradigmatic perspectives of sociology: positivism, activism and definitionism.††

Prerequisite: SY100*.

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor