PSY277

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Psychology of Death and Dying

Psychology Credit Course College

Designed to be both experiential and didactic, this course enhances students' understanding of death and dying processes both personally and professionally. Topics covered include cultural attitudes toward death and dying, origins of death anxiety, processes involved in dying, grieving and mourning, children and death, the helping relationship and the caregiver, suicide, euthanasia, burial and cremation, organ and body donations, and community resources.
Prereq: PSY 101 or permission of instructor

Credits

3

Offered

SOY - Spring in odd numbered years

Course Attributes

BC, BC-Beh Sci/Soc Sci/LibArt Core

Prerequisites

Prereq: PSY 101 or permission of instructor