College Web site Request application info UMass Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. This competency is addressed as a community service project executed in conjunction with a community organization about a particular human service issue affecting the elderly. A course addressing this competency is offered every spring semester. This competency will teach the student to identify and describe the physical changes that accompany the aging process. The student will be able to relate these changes to social and economic factors which influence health status.
Students learn about the power structure within administrative agencies and legislative bodies.
Students design a strategy for influencing this bill. A course addressing this competency is offered every spring semester. The student will be able to identify appropriate strategies for particular change. This two semester competency requires the student to study in depth the history, development and application of a particular social policy within the field of aging. Students are also required to participate in a project applying their knowledge to influence change in that social policy.