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News, sources & services for researchers in the Department of Gerontology and Gerontology Research Centre and beyond:
 

Top resources for Gerontology

 

New Gerontology Books at SFU Library!

 

All new books and other resources for Gerontology are listed and updated weekly on the Gerontology new library acquisitions page.

 

Below are course assignment guides for Gerontology courses taught in current and previous semesters; guides for the current semester are marked in red, but you can also check the SFU Current Calendar Course Descriptions Search.  Course guides are usually only updated when there's a new instruction session for that class, so information on these pages might be dated.  See also SFU's Grade Scale

 

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GERO 101 Aging and Society

April 2012

GERO 300 Introduction to Gerontology

April 2012

GERO 300 Introduction to Gerontology (distance)

April  2012
GERO 301 Research Methods in Gerontology (distance) April 2012
GERO 302 Health Promotion and Aging April 2012
GERO 400 Seminar in Applied Gerontology April 2012

GERO 401 Aging and the Built Environment

April 2012
GERO 402 Drug Issues in Gerontology (not currently offered) April 2012
GERO 403 Counselling with Older Adults (distance) April 2012
GERO 404 Health and Illness in Later Life April 2011
GERO 406 Death and Dying April 2012

GERO 407  Nutrition and Aging

April 2012
GERO 408 Families and Aging April 2012
GERO 409 Mental Health and Aging April 2012

GERO 411 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology (not currently offered)

April 2012

GERO 412 Health Care Issues for Minority Older Adults 

 January 2012
GERO 413 Sexuality and Aging (distance) September 2011
GERO 435 Adult Guardianship Law (no longer offered) April 2010
GERO 801 Health Policy and Applied Issues in Gerontology April 2012
GERO 802 Development and Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs April 2011
GERO 803 Analytical Techniques for Gerontology Research January 2012
GERO 804 Qualitative Research Methods in Gerontology  April 2011
GERO 806 Interdisciplinary Theories in Gerontology  
GERO 810 Community-Based Housing April 2012
GERO 811 Institutional Living Environments April 2012
GERO 820 Principles and Practices of Health Promotion April 2012
GERO 822 Families, Communities and Health April 2012
GERO 823 Mental Health and Illness in Later Life April 2012
GERO 840 Aging in a Technological World April 2012
EDUC 351 Teaching the Older Adult (distance) January 2010
KIN 461 Physiological Aspects of Aging (distance) September 2011
PSYC 375 Adulthood and Aging  
SA 319 Culture, Ethnicity and Aging  
SA 420/GERO 420 Sociology of Aging (distance) April 2012