SOCIOL 138
Death, Dying, and Afterlife
Description: (Formerly numbered M138.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Social analysis of social inequities in death, understanding of what constitutes good death, how we make sense of bad deaths, how to dispose of death, and what constitutes appropriate grieving. Death remains at foundation of discipline of sociology. Suicide does not occur randomly but is stratified according to social factors such as age, gender, race, sexual orientation, and class. Review of strength of sociological argument and evaluation of explanatory potential of different theories to make sense of death. Examination of historic and contemporary studies to examine how research and conceptualizations of death and dying have changed, and social responses to these phenomena. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2025 - This class is honestly interesting, I really enjoyed every single lecture because I did not know there were so may types of suicide. I am not a sociology major but I took this class for upper division credits. There is a good amount of reading in this class but nothing is impossible. One thing about him and that he does not accept late work at all, unless you are an athlete or have special accommodation. Late work is not accepted for no reason, I personally did not have a problem with this but if you tend to turn in late work often then do not procrastinate. He does not give a lot of homework anyways. Would definitely recommend this professor to anyone who is looking for upper division credits.
Winter 2025 - This class is honestly interesting, I really enjoyed every single lecture because I did not know there were so may types of suicide. I am not a sociology major but I took this class for upper division credits. There is a good amount of reading in this class but nothing is impossible. One thing about him and that he does not accept late work at all, unless you are an athlete or have special accommodation. Late work is not accepted for no reason, I personally did not have a problem with this but if you tend to turn in late work often then do not procrastinate. He does not give a lot of homework anyways. Would definitely recommend this professor to anyone who is looking for upper division credits.
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