• Team Project 35%
• Exam 30%
• SHORT ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS PARTICIPATION 35%

NOTES:

TEAM PROJECT                                                                                                                      105 points (35%)                                                                                        

Project (90 points)

The purpose of this project is to give personal relevance to your objective knowledge of environments for older adults.  You will work in a 2-member team. Details of the project will be provided in a handout in class.  The objectives of the project are:

• Give exposure to the environmental design issues in residential settings for older adults
• Gain first-hand knowledge of the substantive issues related to aging-in-place
• Evaluate the physical environment of the residence based on attributes of environmental experience (e.g., privacy, social interaction, independence, universal design). Your team will identify an older adult in the greater Vancouver area, early in the semester.

1. a) You will interview this person (online or in-person) about their aging-in-place experience and meaning of home.
2. b) You will conduct a physical observational inventory of the residence (online or in-person) and surrounding area of this older adult to evaluate safety and universal design/accessibility features
3. c) You will provide some general guidelines for safety, security and universal design based on their evaluation of the person-environment fit for your older adult.

Peer Review (15 points)

The project requires full participation in a team effort.  The quality of the project depends upon both team members doing their part. Each of you will submit a peer evaluation of team member’s work on the project (Peer Evaluation form provided – Failure to submit your peer evaluation will result in your losing points for the project). All evaluations will be kept confidential. Your individual grade will reflect how your team-mate evaluates your performance.

 EXAM                                                                                                                                                                                                          90 points (30%)

Exam is on materials covering the entire semester. Questions will be multiple choice, true/false and fill-in the gap (70%) and short open-ended questions to assess deeper understanding (30%).

SHORT ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS PARTICIPATION                                                              105 points (35%)

You will have short projects/assignments and in-class discussion of assigned readings.

Course Requirements

     Class Projects/Short Assignments

Grades

Grades will be posted on CANVAS.  If you find an error, please contact instructor. See last page for criteria of assessing assignments.

REQUIREMENTS:

Class Policies

It is expected that daily reading assignments will be completed in preparation for class.  It is expected that all work will be submitted on time on due dates specified for each assignment.

Make alternate arrangements for turning in assignments if you cannot make it to class because of work, health or family emergency, etc.  Late assignments will be assessed a penalty of 5% per school day.

Students are expected to be honest and ethical. Cheating or plagiarism is subject to SFU’s disciplinary process. All students are expected to read and understand SFU’s policies with regard to academic dishonesty (T10.02 and T10.03). These policies are available on the web at: http://www.sfu.ca/policies/teaching/index.htm.

If you may need accommodations or have any emergency medical information the instructor should know of, you should inform the instructor the first week of the term. The URL for ‘The Centre for Accessible Learning’ is: http://students.sfu.ca/disabilityaccess/

• From time to time, you will receive e-mail regarding this course sent to your SFU address. It is your responsibility to check your email regularly.