SOC 230 - Sociology of Death and Dying

Credits: 5
Examines the connection between culture and the process of death, dying and bereavement. Focuses on how social class, family structures, ethnicity, religion and technological changes influence American customs, taboos, and rituals around death by applying sociological theories.

Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101 or instructor consent.

Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
Course Fee: $1.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Explain how people have responded to death and dying historically.
Identify the role of technology in shaping our understandings of and expectations around death and dying.
Analyze how social, cultural, economic, and political structures shape personal behaviors, choices and attitudes around death and dying.
Analyze how race, class, and gender shape death and dying.

Program Outcomes
Apply a structural analysis to course-specific content.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.