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SOCI389 - Death and Dying

Description

Sociological approaches to death and dying, emphasizing cross-cultural differences in the construction of the meaning of death and dying, the rituals accompanying these processes, and their legal, economic and political aspects. The course also focuses on how death is accounted for and processed by state and health agencies.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Formerly

SOCI 488

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 389, SOCI 488.

Recommendations

  • SOCI 285 recommended prior to SOCI 389.

Course offered by

Department of Sociology

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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