PSY 2270 - Death, Dying, and Grieving

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): PSY 1001

Description: Students in this course learn about the psychological aspects of death and dying throughout the lifespan. This includes learning about how individuals cope with their own or others’ mortality, from infancy through older adulthood. Emphasis is placed on common causes of death, decisions concerning death, stages in the death process, psychotherapy with the dying person and family members, and psychological as well as cross-cultural interpretations of death and dying rituals.