Online Course Brochure
For enrolment in 2009

Course structure

The course consists of 8 subjects (64 points).
These comprise five core compulsory subjects (40 points), and choice of either one research elective sequence (24 points), comprising one readings subject (8 points) plus one project subject (16 points), or one professional practice sequence (24 points) comprising one gerontology subject (8 points) plus two restricted electives (16 points).

Core compulsory subjects (40 points)
GER401 Choices and Options in Later Life
GER402 Ageing Bodies, Ageing Minds
HLT502 Ageing, Policy and Social Construction
GER501 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
SWK504 Human Services Research Methods

Research elective sequence (24 points)
WEL508 Social Policy Readings Subject
SWK 500 Social Work and Human Services Dissertation (16 points)
or
Professional practice elective sequence (24 points)
GER404 Ageing and Professional Practice
plus
Two restricted electives
With the approval of the Course Coordinator, subjects may be chosen from the offerings of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in the fields of Leisure and Health, Social Work, Social Welfare, Human Services, Sociology or Psychology or from fields of Nursing, Aged or Health Services Management from Faculty of Science courses.

Enrolment pattern

Session 1
GER401 Choices and Options in Later Life
and
WEL508 SocialPolicy Reading Subject
or
GER404Ageing and Professional Practice

Session 2
GER402 Ageing Bodies, Ageing Minds
SWK504 Human Services Research Methods

Session 3
GER501 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
and
SWK500 Social Work and Human Services Dissertation (beginning)
or
[          ] Restricted elective

Session 4
HLT502 Ageing, Policy and Social Construction
and
SWK500 Social Work and Human Services Dissertation (completing)
or
[          ] Restricted elective

 

 

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