HRD 312 - The Spiritual Challenges and Opportunities of Aging

This course explores the dynamic role spirituality plays in navigating the aging process. Within a holistic context spirituality provides a frame of reference for understanding both who we are and how we fit into the world around us. Learners will develop a basic frame of reference for the nature of spiritual experience, including theory of adult spiritual development. But given the subjective nature of spirituality, it will be important for learners to develop tools for assessing the role spirituality plays in providing meaning for people as they age as individuals. Learners will begin this process by examining their own spiritual journey from psychosocial, cultural and religious perspectives. They will then use a parallel process to interview an older individual and assess the role spirituality plays in their aging process.

Prerequisite(s): HRD 312 students will be expected to have taken one college-level writing course and one sociology or psychology course.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3

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Course Type: Human Resource Development