SCWK 43633 - (was SOWK 4336) Social Aspects Death & Dying

Three credit hours.

Was SOWK 4336. Gerontology and social work seek to apply knowledge from the social sciences, medicine, and the humanities with the skills and values of the helping professions. The multidisciplinary study of death (thanatology) itself comes out of studying these different disciplines. There are many social, psychological, philosophical, and religious theories concerning the passage of death, for both ourselves and those around us. We will study many diverse contributions in the social aspects of death and dying. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as SCWK 53633 (was SOWK 5336).