SOCI 32823 - Death, Dying, Ageing, And Ability

UAFS Legacy Course Number: SOCI 3283
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3 Lecture
Offered: Even Spring

Explores issues associated with death, dying, ageing and ability. Examines social and environmental factors shaping mortality rates, conceptions of illness, ideas of afterlife, and perceptions and reactions to disabilities. Tracks funerary practices, grief and mourning processes, over time and cross-culturally. Compares contemporary and cross-cultural definitions and responses to disabilities.

Prerequisite: SOCI 10103 - Introduction To Sociology
Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENGL 10203 - Composition II or ENGL 14343 - Honors Composition