HUMDEV E06, Enjoy Life — Understanding Our Mind, Body & Brain for Senior Adults
This course familiarizes older adults with the aging process, including physiological, psychological, and sociological aspects. Older adults become more comfortable with changes in themselves and others over time, and learn to celebrate the benefits of a longer life. Older adults also learn new coping strategies and explore issues facing adults of all ages, including conflicts, stereotypes, age bias, loss, and change.
Course Number: 9575 Time: 1:30–2:45 p.m. TThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Albert G S
HUMDEV E22, Senior Seminar: Through a Jewish Lens — Art, Culture & Entertainment
This course is designed to help older adult students learn about Jewish culture, from the historical backdrop of the 19th Century’s worldwide advances, pogroms, and immigrations, to the flowering of Jewish art, culture and entertainment in 20th Century United States and beyond. The course aims to improve older adults outlook on life, stimulate their minds and imaginations, improve peer group interaction and communication, and increase their sense of positive aging and cultural identity with particular attention to Jewish humor and tenacity as survival mechanisms in the face of adversity. Older adults will engage with their peers in a positive and up-lifting manner while learning about the use of art and humor through the last century. They will learn about Jewish theater, literature, film, art and music, and how American culture has flourished as a result of the Jews’ contributions. We will discuss: changes in stereotypes such as comedic images of older adults and other subgroups of the community; different types of art, self-expression and humor; and/or popular trends in all aspects of culture and entertainment.
Course Number: 9577 Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m. WLocation: EC 1227 107Instructor: Abatemarco A M
HUMDEV E27, Exercising the Brain
This course assists Emeritus students in minimizing anxiety when memory behavior patterns change and helps build confidence as they age. This class is designed to stimulate thinking and to exercise the brain. Students practice skills to enhance memory retention and retrieval by using lessons that require long and short term memory, memory recall and association. This class is completely interactive with every student participating, which also assists with helping students learn to stay focused. This class is not intended for anyone with Alzheimer’s‚ or any type of dementia.
Course Number: 9579 Time: 10–11:50 a.m. TLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Frand LThis class is not designed for anyone with dementia or Alzheimer’s.
Course Number: 9580 Time: 12:30–2:20 p.m. TLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Frand LThis class is not designed for anyone with dementia or Alzheimer’s.
Course Number: 9581 Time: 12:30–2:20 p.m. WLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Frand LThis class is not designed for anyone with dementia or Alzheimer’s.
PSYCH E33, Living as a Single Person
This course assists older adults who are facing a change in their lifestyle because they are now single. Older adults explore topics such as dealing with isolation, ageism, depression, eating patterns, and social interactions. The course assists older adults in making the necessary transitions and adjustments to live a happy and successful life as an older single person.
Course Number: 9605 Time: 11 a.m.–12:50 p.m. MLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Press P L