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'On Death and Dying' introduces students to this most pervasive yet under-examined aspect of social life. Students will be given the opportunity to explore death, dying and bereavement from a sociological point of view. We will explore the different and complex ways people attend to death through a guided programme that includes a study of the notion of sequestered death, the body in death, the social stratification of death, customary practices past and present including Aotearoa/New Zealand, death and medicine, good death/bad death, near death experiences, ghosts, euthanasia, suicide, the funereal profession, grief and mourning, memento mori, mass death, death and the media/popular culture.
45 points of 200 level SOCI or 30 points of 200 level SOCI with a B average or better; alternatively students with at least a B average in 60 points in 200 level courses in related subjects may be admitted to one 300 level SOCI course.
SOCI244, POLS404
McManus, Ruth; Death in a global age ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 (Available in the library of Central 3 hour loan or for purchase on Amazon or at UBS. Supplementary readings are given (as links) on the course LEARN portal).
Domestic fee $1,393.00
International fee $5,825.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .