Undergraduate Programs
We examine issues of health, social care, welfare, new technologies and accommodation. The department’s strength is based on our interdisciplinarity. Faculty members have backgrounds in economics, human geography, political science, social gerontology, and sociology. These disciplines are the multiple lenses that we view health and aging from.
The Department of Health, Aging and Society offers a number of undergraduate degrees that can be combined with other areas of study.
Highlighted Undergraduate Courses
HLTHAGE 2L03 – Drugs, Sex, and Alcohol: Society and its Addictions
This course analyzes the place of addictions in modern society. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, it examines both the social factors that help shape addictive behaviours, as well as those that construct our notions of addiction and dependency.
HLTHAGE 3N03 – Aging and Mental Health
This course examines the mental health of older adults from a variety of perspectives. Key topics include changes in cognitive functioning, dementia, assessment protocols, treatment methods, and older adults’ sources of resilience.
HLTHAGE 3T03 – Health and Incarceration
This course examines the health and well-being of incarcerated individuals, including youth in conflict with the law and the incarcerated elderly. Topics include health, safety and security; access to and quality of health care, palliative and end-of-life care; stigma and incarceration; the health and safety of correctional services human resource staff; media portrayals of the incarcerated; and, health impacts of incarceration on families of the incarcerated.
I had the opportunity to do my HLTHAGE 3EE3 placement at a long-term care home, St. Joseph’s Villa in Hamilton. This community-engaged placement allowed me to explore how I could make a difference in others’ lives.
Careers for Health, Aging & Society Majors
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