PSYC 3800:Death & Dying

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PSYC 1101 and (PSYC 2500 or PSYC 2000)
This course provides an overview of the range of psychological concepts surrounding the issue of death and dying, with a specific emphasis on end of life issues, suicide, death attitudes, death and childhood, death rituals, grief and mourning, cross-cultural perspectives, and psychological responses to traumatic and mass death. The course prepares students to engage in death education and communication, and to be comfortable addressing the psychological impact of death and dying in diverse settings.