ANTH3035

ANTH 3035 - Anthropologies of Death (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives, Social Sciences

Anthropology (10950) TCLA - College of Liberal Arts

ANTH 3035 - Anthropologies of Death (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives, Social Sciences

Course description

Anthropological perspectives on death. Diverse understandings of afterlife, cultural variations in death ritual, secularization of death in modern era, management of death in medicine, cultural shifts/conflicts in what constitutes good or natural death.

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

AFV - A-F or Audit

Lecture

This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)

Social Sciences, Global Perspectives

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Every Spring