C Anthropology of Death for Mortuary Science

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Term hours: 54 lecture. This is an upper division intensive writing course intended only for Cypress College's Bachelor of Science in Funeral Service students. (All other students interested in this course should take ANTH 208 C - Anthropology of Death). This course is a cross-cultural exploration of the beliefs and practices surrounding death, dying, mourning, and mortuary customs, as well as conceptions of the afterlife, in cultures around the world. An integrated anthropological approach will be taken, including data from archaeology, biological anthropology and cultural anthropology. Enrollment is limited to those accepted into the Funeral Service Bachelor of Science degree program. Duplicate credit not granted for ANTH 208 C . (CSU).