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Thanatology
| Thanatology 101, Introduction to Thanatology | |
| | Description: An interdisciplinary critique of death and dying in contemporary North America. Themes include death in the arts, the death system, funerals, economic considerations of death, care of the dying and the bereaved, children and death, psychological dynamics dealing with death, ultimate questions in relationship to death and bereavement. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Humanities 101E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 103a/b, Palliative Care | |
| | Description: Study of palliative care philosophy and its implementation. Will cover such topics as response to chronic illness, the distinction between palliative care and the traditional medical model, pain and symptom control, communication issues, home care, day care, the psychological needs of the dying and their families, staff stress issues. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 105a/b, Bereavement and Grief | |
| | Description: A study of bereavement and grief. Will cover such topics as attachment theory, normal and complicated grief, factors influencing the grief reaction, funerals, bereavement following the death of a child, the death of a parent or death by violence, support groups and therapeutic intervention. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 107a/b, Children and Death | |
| | Description: A study of the relationship of children to death. Topics will include children's understandings of death, adolescence and death, the dying child, the bereaved child and group interventions with bereaved children. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 109a/b, Suicide | |
| | Description: A study of suicide with a specific reference to suicide in North America. Topics will cover the epidemiology of suicide, suicide across the life span, and theories about suicide. Suicide intervention and the grief following a suicide will be covered. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 111a/b, Spiritual, Philosophical and Ethical Issues in Death and Bereavement | |
| | Description: A consideration of the various philosophical and religious understandings of death. Topics will include the meaning of life, immortality and resurrection, and the ethical issues related to the care of the dying and the bereaved. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 150a/b, Individual and Family Grief Counselling | |
| | Description: A course designed to expand and refine the knowledge and skills related to counselling with the dying and their families. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 160a/b, Field Placement in Palliative Care | |
| | Description: An exploration of service in a palliative care or bereavement setting supervised by an agency practitioner. Students will be expected to apply their knowledge and skills in the concrete setting. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. | | Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Certificate in Palliative Care and Thanatology Program, Thanatology 101 or the former Humanities 101E, Thanatology 103a/b, Thanatology 105a/b, at least two certificate level courses and the permission of the instructor. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 191F/G, Independent Study in Thanatology | |
| | Description: A reading course dealing with selected topics in the literature concerning death and bereavement. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Humanities 191F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Thanatology 101 or the former Humanities 101E and permission of the instructor. | | 3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Thanatology 192F/G, Independent Study in Thanatology | |
| | Description: A reading course dealing with selected topics in the literature concerning death and bereavement. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Humanities 192F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Thanatology 101 or the former Humanities 101E and permission of the instructor. | | 3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course. | | back to top |
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