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Year and
Semester Course Title Calendar Course Description
outside their discipline drawn from the fields of
arts and humanities, social sciences, and
natural sciences. See descriptions for breadth
electives.
Semester 4 Breadth Elective Students select from a wide variety of courses
outside their discipline drawn from the fields of
arts and humanities, social sciences, and
natural sciences. See descriptions for breadth
electives.
YEAR 3
Semester 5
Behavioural
Pharmacology
This course will provide the student with the
opportunity to develop knowledge about the
psychopharamacological approaches to
behavioural management. This course will
give the student the opportunity to explore his
or her individual perspective with regards to
the use, management and ongoing
assessment of medication to support
behaviour across the lifespan and with special
populations.
Semester 5 Aging and Dementia In this course participants will critically
examine current attitudes towards aging and
how these manifest in the care and treatment
of older adults within families and in care
facilities. Participants will look at how older
adults are portrayed in various media, and by
policy makers, and explore the impact of this
portrayal.
The definitions and causes of dementia,
current brain research, assessment strategies,
and a range of conventional and creative
models and approaches to dementia care will
be discussed, including non-standardized
cognitive behavioural interventions, Namaste;
and the use of dramatization, laughter,
narrative and reminiscing, creative
communication, art, music, photography, and
ways to strengthen and preserve the human
spirit through various spiritual traditions,
especially at the end of life.
Semester 5 Family Dynamics This course will deal with family dynamics
from a systemic and a developmental
viewpoint. Students will become familiar with
systems and ecological theory, family
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