Master's Degree - Gerontology

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Course Information
Aging Policy and Advocacy

Course Description
This course covers the formation, implementation, and impact of various policies and programs focused on providing services and supports for the social, financial, and physical well-being of aging persons within their communities. A primary focus is placed on addressing challenges and gaps in policies, as well as issues of unmet needs and inequity through advocacy and policy-making.
Contacts
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

The New Politics of Old Age Policy
R. B. Hudson
Edition: 3rd Edition - 2014
ISBN: 0-0
Publisher: The John Hopkins University Press

The Economics of an Aging Society
R. L. Clark, R. V. Burkhauser, M. Moon, J. F. Quinn & T. M. Smeeding
Edition: 2004
ISBN: 0-0
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing - Malden, MA

Community resources for older adults: Programs and services in an era of change
R. R. Wacker & K. A. Roberto
Edition: 4th edition - 2013
ISBN: 0-0
Publisher: Sage Publications - Los Angeles, CA


Course Access
 
Approximately three weeks before the first day of class at North Dakota State University, campus coordinator Stacy Duffield will touch base with students via email.  She will encourage students to look for an email the week before classes start that will include instructions for accessing courses at NDSU.  
 
One week before NDSU classes begin, students will receive Stacy's email which includes their ID number, user ID name, and instructions for setting up their Blackboard account at NDSU.  Students may then set their own password and security questions, choose to forward emails to a different account, and activate their NDSU Live account. 
 
Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of classes.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

University Members
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