Ageing Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
About This Course
This course provides an overview of the field of ageing from an interdisciplinary approach, primarily focusing on perspectives from social sciences and humanities. It emphasises the complexity of ageing, recognising that it is a multidimensional process. Learners will learn to view the ageing experience from social, economic and humanities perspectives. They will develop effective personal skills such as empathy, emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, collaboration, and communication, which they can apply in their workplace.
What You'll Learn
1.Explain sociological theories of ageing.
2.Describe and apply key concepts and theories about social factors that influence the ageing process and life course of the elderly.
3. Examine from multiple perspectives how the ageing process entails opportunities and challenges.
4. Investigate the economics aspects of ageing.
5. Describe the challenges of ageing, including the experiences of ageism, loneliness, abuse and dissolution of one’s sense of purpose/identity.
6. Identify emerging topics of importance for future research and practice.
Entry Requirements
A good bachelor’s degree (with an IELTS score of 6.0; or TOEFL internet based score of 85 if the medium of instruction was not in English); and a passion for working with older people or on ageing-related matters.