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Villa St. Benedict
Villa St. Benedict provides
faith-based, independent
and assisted living for
olderadults in the rich
traditionof Benedictine
hospitality.This new
retirement community,
co-sponsored by the
Benedictine Health
System and the
Benedictine Sisters of
the Sacred Heart,
is being constructed at
the 47-acre Sacred Heart
Monastery in Lisle.
For further information,
visit the web site
http://www.villastben.org.
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Curriculum: Focus on the Elderly
Benedictine University undergraduate
and graduate health-related
programs offer courses that
specifically address the health needs of the elderly. These courses include:
Undergraduate Courses:
- NURS 313 Health Aspects of Aging
- PSYC 202 Adulthood and Aging
- PSYC 310 Social, Psychological, and Cultural Aspects of Aging
- PSYC 386 Professional Issues in Life Span Care
- SOCL 212 Sociology of Aging
- SOCL 313 Health Aspects of Aging
- SOCL 293 Selected Topics in Life Span Services
- SOCL 310 Social, Psychological, and Cultural Aspects of Aging
- SOCL 371 Death and Dying
- SOCL 386 Professional Issues in Life Span Care
- SOCL 398 Life Span Field Placement (Internship)
Graduate Courses:
- MCP 610 Social, Psychological, and Cultural Aspects of Aging
- MCP 648 Human Development: Adulthood
- MCP 667 Multifaceted Gerontological Assessment
- MCP 668 Biology of Aging
- MCP 689 Professional Issues in Life Span Care
- MCP 690 Life Span Services Field Placement (Internship)
- MCP 691 Life Span Services Field Placement (Internship)
- MPH 681 Institutional Based Long Term Care
- MPH 682 Community Based Long Term Care
- MPH 683 Long Term Care Financing
- MPH 684 Populations Using Long Term Care
- MPH 685 Liability Issues in Long Term Care
- MPH 686 Long Term Care Regulations and Compliance
- MPH 687 Long Term Care Reimbursement
- MPH 689 Dietetic Internship: Long Term Care and Management Rotations
- MPH 689 Dietetic Internship: Healthy Table Rotation
- MPH 689 Dietetic Internship: Elderly Nutrition Program Rotation
- MPH 690 Internship in Public Health
To learn more about our courses, visit the Benedictine University course description
web pages: http://www.ben.edu/catalogs/catalogs/undergraduate
for undergraduate courses; and
http://www.ben.edu/graduatecatalog/courses02.pdf
to view the course descriptions of the graduate courses.
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Academic Programs