SHS 271
Communication and Aging

Credit:  3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
UIUC Social Sciences course.

Course introduces social and physical issues of communication and aging, with particular emphasis on intergenerational interactions and on the physical disabilities of aging (e.g., hearing loss, Parkinson's disease, strokes, dementia). Discourse analysis techniques are used to integrate the social and physical aspects of aging and communication that are discussed in class.