FAM 443 - Death and Bereavement

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3
Terms Offered: Summer

This course explores the experiences of death, dying and bereavement through a family systems perspective. Students will study the historical and cultural context of death, the experience of death along the life cycle stages, and the impact of death for families and involved individuals related to the death experience. A personal exploration of one’s reactions to death, dying and bereavement will be integrated in the course, as well as an examination of death and dying from the points of view of dying persons, their families and friends, and family and service professionals.