PSY 210 - Death & Dying

Institution:

Connecticut State Community College Asnuntuck

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Description:

This course examines contemporary and cultural attitudes toward death and dying, and the process of grief and loss. Students are provided with the opportunity to understand the approach toward death from psychological, sociological, moral, and ethical perspectives. A number of issues of the multifaceted concept of death are explored including: death of children, death due to accidents, factors that precipitate death, the personal struggle of the terminally ill, and the impact of death on the family and significant others. The ethical issue of terminating life is also explored. (Formerly PSY 280: Psychology of Death and Dying.) Prerequisite: PSY* 111.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.acc.commnet.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 253-3000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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