1981-1982



                                Senate Document #11



                                  APC Document #7



              Addition of a course to Sociology Program, Sociology 235







        Add:  SOCIOLOGY 235 - RETIREMENT PLANNING AND LIVING (2)



                   An examination of social forces involved in retirement.

              The course is designed to help maximize the potentials and

              minimize the problems encountered during the retirement

              process.  





        Rationale:  



        Retirement Planning and Living is within the tradition of the

        Marriage and Family course taught in most departments in the field.

        These family courses draw upon empirical work from Sociology and

        other disciplines to help the traditional student meet the

        challenges of a portion of the life cycle which they are starting

        to experience.  



        The proposed course is designed in similar fashion.  It focuses on

        a later portion of the life cycle.  Its enrollment will not come

        from the traditional students but the older adults in the

        community.  The offering and the audience it serves is well within

        the university's mission.  "The fundamental mission of the

        University .  .  .  is to provide an education of high quality for

        individuals at all stages of their lives as they seek to acquire

        knowledge, develop skills, and prepare themselves to pursue their

        personal and professional goals."