Perspectives on Death and Dying

Catalog description

This is an Institutional Priority course that develops key competencies in critical thinking and oral communication through an introduction to death and dying. This course includes additional online modules to support Institutional Priority Learning Outcomes and Career Competencies. The course offers an opportunity for students to apply critical thinking skills to issues of death and dying and to gain experience in developing and presenting original arguments in oral forms. Loss, death, and the process of dying will be examined from physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and ethical/legal perspectives. The idea of death across the lifespan will be approached from viewpoints of the individual, family, significant others, and health care providers. The concepts of death with dignity will be explored. Using available technology, students will research a related topic on the Internet and prepare a paper using word processing.