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Course Outlines
Course Outlines

Death and Dying — PSYC 1450

  1. Course Description
    • Credits: 2.00
    • Lecture Hours/Week: 2.00
    • Lab Hours/Week: 0.00
    • OJT Hours/Week: 0
    • Prerequisites: None
    • Corequisites: None
    • MnTC Goals:
      • 05 – Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
    This psychology course is an introduction to the concepts and issues surrounding death and dying. It examines these issues from a theoretical perspective with attention to ethical and moral issues from a multicultural perspective and the impact of death, dying and bereavement throughout the lifespan. Meets MnTC Goal 5
  2. Course Effective Dates: 8/23/10 – Present
  3. Outline of Major Content Areas
      As noted on course syllabus
  4. Learning Outcomes
    1. Understand the evolution of death and dying from a historical perspective.
    2. Understand cultural similarities and differences as they relate to attitudes about death, and as they are encountered by persons of various ages, race, gender and class.
    3. Demonstrate an understanding of death and dying as it pertains to different stages of human development, including childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
    4. Understand the process of coping with death to include the distinction of grief, loss, bereavement and mourning.
    5. Understand the legal, ethical and moral issues of death and dying.
  5. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal Area(s) and Competencies
      Goal 05 — Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
      • Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
      • Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
      • Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
  6. Learner Outcomes Assessment
      As noted on course syllabus
  7. Special Information
      None noted