Mar 29, 2024  
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SOC 225 - Sociology of Death and Dying


Credits: (3)
This course examines death, dying and bereavement from a variety of perspectives (e.g., historical, cross-cultural and social-psychological), but it emphasizes a sociological perspective on death and dying. Among the topics covered are: the social meaning of death, America as a “death-denying” culture, the dying process, death and the law, hospice, funerals and body disposition, and the grieving process. (As needed)



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