Course Information
Aging Policy and Advocacy
University: |
North Dakota State University |
Course Number: |
HDFS 760 |
Credit Hours: |
3 credit hours - $590 per credit |
Start/End Dates: |
August 23, 2021 - December 17, 2021 |
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
Instructor
Heather Fuller
Office: 701-231-5621
heather.fuller@ndsu.edu
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: Third
ISBN: 978-0801894923
Publisher: Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press.
Social Policy for an Aging Society
Carole B. Cox
Edition: 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8261-9653-8
Publisher: New York, NY: Springer.
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.