7814 (v.7) Social Perspectives on Ageing 492

Area:

Department of Social Work and Social Policy

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Individual Study:

1 x 8 Hours Weekly

Workshop:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

310067 (v.1) Social Perspectives on Ageing 592 or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

    2801 (v.7) SW 262 - Fieldwork Practice 1 or any previous version
    OR
    306128 (v.1) SW 265 - Field Practice 1 or any previous version

Syllabus:

The focus of this unit is the older person as an individual in a social context. The unit addresses ways in which the discourses of ageing impact on the older person's experience and well-being. Policy developments in Australia are also examined based on demographic perspectives. Issues such as, ageism, poverty, abuse, retirement and residential decision are explored.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

061300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1				Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External