Overview

SOC360

SOC360 : The Class : First Class Meeting

Sociocultural Aging

Overview - Sociocultural Aging

This is an outline of the entire course.

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Overview of Course

COURSE SCHEDULE AND READINGS:
Aug 28: Introduction/Overview of Course/Who are the elderly/What is ethnicity? Film: "Gerontology the field of the future" Film: "Healthy Aging"

Sept 4: Labor Day Holiday

Sept 11: Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez
Alemán – Introduction, pp. 1-4
Alemán and Fitzpatrick - Chapter 1 Culture-Specific Theoretical and Conceptual Models of Aging, pp. 5-8
Read in Stoller and Gibson
Introduction, pp. 1-15
Advantages in using the life course framework in studying aging, pp. 10-32.

Sept 18: Read in Stoller and Gibson pp. 33-88

Sept 25: Read in Stoller and Gibson pp. 89- 141

Oct 2: Read in Stoller and Gibson pp. 142-191

Oct 9: First Examination Film

Oct 16: Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez Chapter 2, Freed, Therapeutic Interventions with Elders of Japanese Ancestry, pp.9-26 Chapter 3, Ngo and Tran, Vietnamese-American Elders, pp.27-54

Oct 23: Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez Chapter 4, Fitzpatrick, Elderly Russian Jewish Immigrants, pp.55-78 Chapter 5, Gonzalez, African-American Elders, pp. 79-90

Oct 30: Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez Chapter 6, Bossè, Elderly Puerto Ricans, pp. 91-118 Invited Speaker

Nov 6: Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez Chapter 7, Tran and Melcer, Cuban-American Elders, pp. 119-138 Invited Speaker

Nov 13: Research Paper Due
Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez Chapter 8, Alemán, Mexican American Elders, pp. 139-154 Invited Speaker

Nov 20: Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez Chapter 9, Alemán and Paz, The Yaqui (Yoeme) Elderly, pp. 155-170 Invited Speaker

Nov 27: Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez Chapter 10, Peña, Alemán, and Beyal, Navajo Elders, pp. 171-194 Invited Speaker

Dec 4: Read in Stoller and Gibson pp. 203-259
Read in Alemán, Fitzpatrick, Than and Gonzalez Chapter 11, Damskey, Views and Visions: Moving Toward Culturally Competent Practice, pp. 195-208

Dec 11: Final Exam 8-10 PM

E-mail Sara Aleman at Sara.Aleman@nau.edu
Call Sara Aleman at (520) 523-3886