SOC 250 - Death and Dying

3 Credit(s)

This course applies interdisciplinary perspectives to the social processes of death and dying. Sociology is the ideal discipline for this topic as death is experienced both personally and collectively, yet this course also integrates anthropological, psychological, historical, medical, and spiritual investigations of the subject. Students will develop an understanding of how the universal experience of death differs historically and cross-culturally. Discussion topics include death norms, funerals, bereavement, euthanasia, suicide, transhumanism, health care practices, hospice, the death penalty, and more. This course has several required off-campus field trips.