Death & Dying

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of the range of psychological concepts surrounding the issue of death and dying, with a specific emphasis on end of life issues, suicide, death attitudes, death and childhood, death rituals, grief and mourning, cross-cultural perspectives, and psychological responses to traumatic and mass death. The course prepares students to engage in death education and communication, and to be comfortable addressing the psychological impact of death and dying in diverse settings.