Jul 08, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

T3 4740 - Thanatology


Synthesizes components inherent in current philosophical and religious views and beliefs, psychological and clinical dimensions, sociological factors, and ethical and moral issues of death in context of defining and coping with death.

Requisites: Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Develop an appreciation for the universality and variability of how different cultures react to dying, death, and bereavement.
  • Recognize the importance and utility of an interdisciplinary approach to studying thanatology.
  • Synthesize the multiple disciplinary perspectives of thanatology.


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