GERONTOLOGY CERTIFICATE AND
UNDERGRADUATE MINOR PROGRAM
Summer Semester
2008
Classes Begin June 9 and
end August 1, 2008
Soc.316/Soc.5560,
Sociology of Death and Dying
Credit:
3 credits
Instructors: Julie Russell; Linda Breytspraak will also work with
graduate students who
wish to enroll in the
course
Dates/time: May 19-30, 2008, MTWRF, 8 A.M. - 12:30
P.M.
Location: Volker campus (Room
TBA)
Class
#s: (316): 33125 and (5560): 33627
Soc.416/Soc.5556,
Developmental Disabilities and
Aging
Credit:
2
credits
Instructors: Linda Breytspraak and Mike
McCarthy
Dates/time: May 16-18, and June 20-22, 2008. Fridays, 6 - 9:30
P.M.; Saturdays,
8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.; Sunday, 9 A.M. to 1
P.M.
Location: Old Health Science Building,
2220 Holmes, Room 120,
KCMO.
Class #s: (416); 32810 and (5556):
32812
Soc.417/Soc.5557,
Practicum in Aging and Developmental
Disabilities
Credit: 1
credit
Instructor: Linda
Breytspraak
Dates/time: To be
arranged
Location: To be
arranged
Class #s: (417): 32811 and (5557):
32813
Soc.300RA,
"Skip Generation Families: Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren"
Credit:
1
credit
Instructor: Joann
Stovall
Dates/time: Saturdays, May 31 and June 14, 2008, 8:30 A.M. to
4:30
P.M.
Location: AARP State Office, 700 West
47th St., Ste. 110,
KCMO
Class #: 33623
Soc.300RB,
"Successful
Aging"
Credit:
1
credit
Instructor: Christine
Thurlow
Dates/time: Saturdays, June 28 and July 12, 2008; 8:30 A.M. -
4:30
P.M.
Location: Alzheimer's Association
Heartland Chapter office, 3846 W. 75th St.,
(75th & Mission Rd.), Prairie Village,
KS
Class #: 33624
A&S
492/A&S5592,
Gerontology Field Practicum
Credit:
3 to 8
credits
Instructor: Linda
Breytspraak
Dates/time: To be
arranged
Location: To be arranged
Class #s: (492): 30097
and (5592):
30102
Consent number and completion of three core courses required for
enrollment
Fall Schedule 2008
Classes Start August 18, and end December 5,
2008
A&S5500
Interdisciplinary Colloquium on
Aging
Credit:
3 credits
Instructor: Linda
BreytspraaK
Dates/time: Mondays, 5:30 -
8:15.p.m.
Location: 5215
Rockhill Road, conference
room
Class
#:
40213
Note:
Core requirement for graduate students
Psych.441/5543
Adult
Development and
Aging
Credit:
3 credits
Instructor: Diane
Filion
Dates/time: Tuesdays, 5 - 7:45
p.m.
Location:
TBA
Class #
Psych.441: 46477
Psych.5543: 46484
Note:
Meets Psychology core requirement for undergraduate
and
graduate students
CPCE
5589G Special Topics: Counseling the Older
Adult
Credit: 3 credits
Instructor: Share
Bane
Dates/time: Thursdays,
7:25 p.m. to 10:05 p.m.
Location:
Room 00244, UMKC School of Education
Class
#: 47061
Note:
Meets Psychology core requirement for graduate
students
Nursing
490HA/5530
The Experience of Health in
Aging
Credit: 3 credits
Instructor: Christine
Thurlow
Dates/time: This on-line course will hold an
initial classroom meeting from 5 to
8:15 p.m., Wednesday, August 20, at the AARP State Office, located
in
Ste. 110 of the 700 W. 47th St. Building, Kansas City, MO. Subsequent
online meetings will be on Wednesdays, at a time to be arranged
by
the instructor.
Class
#s: (490HA-Sec.
0007): 43872; and (5530): 47759
Note: Meets Health/Biology core requirement for undergraduate
and
graduate students.
Soc. Sci.
411P Aging in
American Society: Past &
Present
Credit: 4 credits
Instructor: Julie Russell
Dates/time: Aug. 22-24; Sept.
19-21; Oct. 17-19; Nov. 21-23. Classes meet
Fridays
6 - 10 p.m.; Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 - 5:30
p.m.
Class
#: 46236
Note: Meets Sociology core requirement for undergraduate
and
graduate students.
Soc.
300RG Special Topics: Age, Gender and Culture in Current
U.S.
Society
Credit: 1 credit
Instructor:
Kelli
Wright
Dates/time: Saturdays, Sept. 13 &
Sept. 27, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
Location: AARP
State Office, Ste. 110 in the 700 W. 47th St.
Building
Class
#: 47773
Soc.
300RH Special Topics: Forgotten Warriors: America's Aging
Veterans
Credit: 1 credit
Instructor:
Kim
Collins
Dates/time: Saturdays, Nov. 1
and Nov. 15; 8:30 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
Location: Alzheimer's Association Heartland Chapter Office, 3846 W.
75th
St., (75th & Mission Rd.), Prairie Village,
KS.
Class
#: 47774
A&S
492
Field Practicum in
Aging
Credit: 3 credits
Instructor:
Linda
Breytspraak
Dates/time: Arranged
Location: Arranged
Class
#: 40212
Prereq:
Students enrolling in
this course should have
completed
core requirements for the Gerontology minor and
should
contact Dr. Breytspraak prior to enrolling.
Instructor's consent
required to enroll.
A&S
5592 Field Practicum in
Aging
Credit:
3 credits
Instructor:
Linda
Breytspraak
Dates/time: Arranged
Location: Arranged
Class
#: 40220
Prereq: Students enrolling in this course should have
completed
core requiremnets for the Gerontology Certificate and
should
contact Dr. Breytspraak prior to enrolling.
Instructor's consent
required to enroll.
For more information, please
contact Dr. Linda Breytspraak, Director, Gerontology Studies Program, at
(816) 235-1744 or breytspraakl@umkc.edu. Although
every effort will be made to keep this gerontology course information
updated, it is all subject to change.