2024-2025 Catalog

SOC-228 Death & Dying

An examination of death in American society from the perspectives of sociology, psychology, philosophy, religion, and literature. Topics include the meaning of death, the experience of dying, funeral rites, suicide, fear of death, the value of life in American culture, and immortality.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

SOC-105 or PSY-107, or permission of the instructor.

Course Types

SS

Transfer Status

SSTR