GERON 255The Biology of Aging
- Faculty
- Health
- Offered
- Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1986–87 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
An introductory study of the biological processes of aging at the molecular, cellular and systemic levels. Topics include an examination of the theories of aging, methods used to study the aging process, the role of diseases and chronological changes in the organism during senescence. In some cases, the instructor may consider waiving the course prerequisite listed.
As printed in the 1986–87 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Requirements, as last listed
Cross-listed as SCI 255
Reviewed on UW Flow
29% liked it29% easy86% useful
From 7 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
The content was easy yet incredibly outdated, most of the statistics and research in the slides was from the early 1990s which really needs to be updated. The final project was a complete pain to do, the assignments were marked incredibly hard and the final was too long and way too detailed for the amount of time you had to finish it. If you're even a little bit familiar with gerontology or aging you won't have a problem understanding the content but the actual course itself sucked.
Jul 2017 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Took forever to get any marks back.. its the end of august and we are still waiting for our 4th assignment mark and our exam mark. Very interesting course just too bad that Cheryl Duxbury is the only professor teaching it
Aug 2017 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
There were 3 tests and assignments along with a heavily weighted final. You need to know your material in detail for everything.
Aug 2014 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
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Spring 2016
Has anyone taken GERON 255? 1 point, 0 comments
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1986–87 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1986–87 to 1994–95 9 calendars
An introductory study of the biological processes of aging at the molecular, cellular and systemic levels. Topics include an examination of the theories of aging, methods used to study the aging process, the role of diseases and chronological changes in the organism during senescence. In some cases, the instructor may consider waiving the course prerequisite listed.
Cross-listed as SCI 255
Offered Winter · 0.5 credit