Death and Dying
SOC 441
Class #20741
3 CREDITS
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Online
Instructor: Joy Sather Wagstaff
Grading: Graded
Monday, January 07, 2013 - Friday, May 10, 2013
Instruction Mode: Internet-Asynchronous
Available Seats: 6 of 25
Academic Level: Undergraduate
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Course Description:
Examination of research, theories, and case studies on the sociocultural dimensions of death and dying across time and societies. Topics include suicide, funerals, hospice practice, disasters, afterlife beliefs, grief, bereavement and memory, organ donation, death in popular culture, end-of-life issues, cemeteries and body disposition, euthanasia, art, film, music and literature, genocide, and war. Cross-listed with SOC. {Also offered for graduate credit - see ANTH 641 .}