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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies 

at its meeting of December 13, 1983 gives rise to the following motion: 

MOTION: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of 

Governors, as set forth in S.84-5 , the proposed 

New course GERO 410-3 - Special Topics in Gerontology" 

Note: It is noted that this is the only special topics course 

in Gerontology. 

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Registrar and Secretary to 

Undergraduate Studies 

GERONTOLOGY (ISC 83-29) 

Administrative Assistant, 

At a meeting of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary 

Studies undergraduate Curriculum Committee held today, 

members of the committee approved the new course proposal, 

GERO 410-3, Special Topics in Gerontology. 

Would you please place this item on the next agenda 

of the Senate Committee on undergraduate Studies. 

R^rdon 

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Please find attached a 

proposal for a 

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Special 

Topics course in 

Gerontology. 

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c.c. Janet Blanchet 

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Audio Visual 

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

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Calendar Information 

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Department: Gerontology 

Abbreviation Code:GERO Course Number:410 

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Credit Hours: 

3

Vector: 2-1-0 

Title of Course: Special Topics in Gerontology 

Calendar Description of Course: 

The treatment of selected psychological, sociological, economic, biological and 

practical aspects of the aging of individuals and populations. 

Nature of Course Lecture and Seminar 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

GERO 300 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: None 

2.

Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? ? 

85-1 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? G. Gutman, E. Gee, E. Ames, G. Bhakthan, E. Fattah, R. Horsfall, V. Chow, 

M. Manley-Casimir, M. Kimball, J. Herzog, visiting faculty as appropriate 

3.

Objectives 

To allow students 

of the Course'to 

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access to various gerontologically-related subjects such 

as: nutrition and aging; cross-cultural perspectives on aging; economics of aging; 

social policy in relation to population aging; death and dying. 

4.

Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

5. Approval 

Date:_______________________ 

Department ? 

airman 

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Dean 

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Chairman, SCLJS 

SCUS 73-34b: (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 

7334a. 

attach course outline). 

GERO 410-3 -SPECIAL TOPICS: NUTRITION.ANDAGING 

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Sample' Course Outi the 

1. Nutrition misconceptions 

2. Physiological changes and nutritional status in the elderly 

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Nutritional requirements of the elderly 

4.

Food patterns among the elderly 

5.

The role of activity in the nutrition of the elderly 

6.

The role of disease and drugs in the nutrition of the elderly 

7. Cultural differences in nutrition of the elderly 

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Public health and nutrition 

9.

Nutrition programs for the elderly 

10. Dietary management of the diseases of the elderly 

Course Organization 

One two-hour lecture and one one-hour seminar 

Grades will be based on the following:., 

one mid-term exam ? 20% 

one final exam ? 30% 

one research paper ? 

40%

seminar presentation ? 

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10%

Reading Requirements 

A.A. Albanese (Ed.) Nutrltlónfor'the'Elderly. Alan Lis, 1980. 

Diet Manual. Ontario Dietetic Association, 1977. 

J. Hsu and R. Davis (Eds.) Handbook of Geriatric Nutrition. Hayes, 1981. 

M. Winick (Ed.) Nutrition and Aging. Wiley, 1976. 

Relevant Journals 

American Dietetic Associatiofl'Journal 

American Journal of Clinical'Nutrition 

British Journal of Nutrition 

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Canadian Dietetic Association Journal 

Journal of' Nutrition 

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly 

GERO 410-3' -'SPECIAL'TOPI.CS: 'AGING' IN' CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE 

Sarnplè'Course Outline 

1.

Universal's in human aging 

2.

Varieties of aging experience 

3.

Culture and status of the aged 

4.

Aging, modernization and social, change 

5.

The aged and cultural change 

6.

Variations in family/household structure and aging 

7.

Cutural differences in gender in relation to aging 

8.

Religion and' the agi'ng experience 

9.

The ethnic factor in aging in Canada 

10. Serving the ethnic aged population 

Course Organization 

One two-hour lecture and one one-hour seminar 

Grades will be based on the following: 

one mid-term paper 

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25%

one final research paper 35% 

one final exam ? 30% 

seminar presentation ? 

10%

'Required' Rading 

Harrell (Edsi' 'OtherWays'of'Growing'Old:'Anthropological 

Perspectives. Stanford University Press, 1981. 

D.E. Gelfand'.' 'Aging::'Thè'EthnicFactor. Little, Brown, 1982. 

O.E. Gelfand and A 

' .J. Kutzik (Eds.)' 'Ethnicity and Aging: Theory, 

Research' afld'Policy. Springer, 1979, 

L. D. Holmes. Other'Cultures,Elder Vears:'An Introduction to Cultural 

Gerontology. Burgess, 1983. 

J. Sokolovsky (Ed.) Growing Old in Different Societies: Cross 

Cultural Perspectives. Wadsworth, 1983. 

GERO 410-3 - SPECIAL TOPICS: ECONOMICS OF AGING 

Sample Course Outl I ne 

1. Demography and aging 

2.

The graying of North America 

3.

National output and its distribution 

4.

The economic status of the aged - an overview 

5.

Aging and work 

6.

Private pension analysis 

7.

Financing retirement 

8.

Social security and the economic status of women 

9.

The elderly consumer market 

10.

Decision-making of elderly consumers 

Course Organization 

One two-hour lecture and one one-hour seminar 

Grades will be based on the following: 

one mid-term exam 

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25%

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one final exam 

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35%

one final paper 

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30%

seminar presentation 

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10%

Required Reading 

M. Begin. Pensions in Canada. 1981. 

R. L. Clark and J.J. Spengler. The Economics'of Individuals and Population 

Aging. Cambridge University Press, 1980. 

Economic Council of Canada. One inThree: Pensions for Canadians to 2030. 

Supply and Services Canada, 1979. 

T. Espenshade and W. Sirow (Eds.) The EcOnomicCOnsequences of 

Slowing Population Growth. Academic Press, 1918. 

M. Flowers. WomenandSocial S6cu'it$':'AflInstitutiona1Dilemnia. 

American Enterprise Institute, 1977. 

G. Gasek (Ed.) Retirement Income Systems. Canadian Gerontological 

Collection II. Canadian Association on Gerontology, Winnipeg, 1981. 

The Retirement Income System inCanada: ProblerhsandAlternative Policies 

for Reform. Supply and Services Canada, 1980. 

J. H. Schulz. The Economics of Aging. 2nd edition. Wadsworth, 1980. 