SOC 115 - Death and Dying

    Recent Professors
    Tiff Gause
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4J · CSU GE Area D0 · CSU GE Area E · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    This course includes various perspectives on death, both cross-cultural and historical. Examines beliefs, traditions, rituals and practices surrounding death; health care systems (the hospital and the dying patient, hospice, etc.); death and the process of dying; bioethics – dying in the technology age; euthanasia, suicide, funerals, grief, and bereavement; the law and death, including living wills, organ donation, and autopsies; and life after death – old and new meanings. Field trips may be required.
    Usually Held
    Tue 11:50am–1:15pm