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2023 Fall Course Info
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Fall 2023 Course Information
Adult Development
| University: | Oklahoma State University |
| Course Number: | HDFS 5413 |
| Credit Hours: | 3 credit hours - $600 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: | August 21, 2023 - December 15, 2023 |
Course Description
This course explores the biological, psychological, and social factors that are associated with aging. Although the focus is on the later years, students gain information from a life-span developmental framework. Students review and discuss empirical studies concerning strengths, limitations, and implications for normative and optimal functioning of adults as they age.
Contacts
Instructor
Alex Bishop
Office: 405-744-3989
Fax: 405-744-6344
alex.bishop@okstate.edu
Campus Coordinator
For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
Adult Development and Aging
Cavanaugh, John C.
Edition: 9th
ISBN: 13: 9780357796276
Publisher: Cengage
Course Access
Approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive preliminary course information from the Oklahoma State campus coordinator listed below. One week prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive an email with their login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.
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Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
The Great Plains IDEA program has allowed me the flexibility to continue my education while also being a full-time extension agent and mother to twin boys. The program has given me the opportunity to interact with students and teaching professionals from various universities that I may have never met. This program has allowed me to focus not only on my education but also on my profession and family and for that, I will be forever grateful.