HUSV357
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HUSV357 - Managing Death and Loss in Human Services
Course Description
Course includes basic concepts in a psychology of death and loss, adjustment to death and loss, and the underlying phenomenal, humanistic and current social considerations. Topics to be analyzed include: cultural denial of death, fears of death, stages of dying, types of death, and signs of impending death. Emphasis is placed on communicating with and working with the dying. Stages of grieving, chronic grief, the disruptive changes in the family system, and strategies for grieving effectively. Current theories of death and loss will be analyzed and applied to human service situations.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Undergraduate
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Name
Lecture
Workload Hours
3
Optional Component
No
Typically Offered Main Campus
Not Offered
Typically Offered Distance Campus
Fall
Typically Offered UA Online Campus
Fall
Typically Offered Phoenix Campus
Not Offered
Typically Offered South Campus
Fall
Typically Offered Community Campus
Not Offered