GRON 3327 - Social Policy and Aging

Credits: 3

This course is designed to teach public policies that have the greatest influence on the lives of older persons and those that have been promulgated, especially because of concern for older persons. This class addresses the evolution of policies as an outgrowth of developments in our society. The processes by which policies are introduced, debated, established and the details of specific policies are discussed in detail. Finally, this class allows students to understand that the policy process requires an appreciation of its roots in our unique constitutional form of government and the evolution of its history over the years.