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Jan 15, 2025
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PSY 3580 - Psychology of Death, Dying, & Grief3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: ENG 1021 with a grade of C- or higher; and completion of any one GT-SS3 PSY course with a grade of C- or higher.
Examines the philosophies of life and death, emphasizing dying, death, mourning, and the consideration of one’s own death. This course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive introduction to empirical findings on death, dying and bereavement. It explores a range of psychological and social issues, including death anxiety, attitudes toward death, grief and bereavement, social and cultural contexts of death and loss, the mental life of the dying person, medically assisted dying, and palliative and hospice care. Emphasis will be placed on the critical analysis and synthesis of the historical, sociocultural, biomedical and psychological research on these topics. The course will consider the experiences of the dying, as well as the experiences of those left behind to cope with the loss, and those who care for the dying.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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