PHIL 326 - Death & Dying

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
An overview of philosophical, ethical, religious, sociological, and practical approaches to the topic of death, and dying, including such topics as the meaning of death, grief and bereavement, finding meaning in dying, hospice and end-of-life decisions, funerary rituals, and the afterlife.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online Asynchronous or Online Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

write clear, academically rigorous, argumentative essays.
read complex texts, create original arguments, analyze the arguments of others, and express these criticisms orally and in writing, especially as this relates to death & dying
demonstrate knowledge of philosophical and religious traditions, their relevant concepts, theories, methods, and historical contexts, specifically related to death & dying
develop their capacities for ethical decision making, Socratic humility, openness to the ideas of others, reflective self-awareness, and a life-long curiosity about big questions.
cultivate an appreciation for a diversity of ideas and values across time and for human difference in areas such as: religion, culture, ethnicity, race, class, sexuality, and gender.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.