HUSV357

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HUSV357 - Managing Death and Loss in Human Services

Humanities, Col of Undergraduate UA - UA General

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

May be convened with

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