HED-115: Death and Dying

Course Description

This course will discuss issues related to the experience of death, dying, loss and bereavement through a multi and cross-cultural lens of race, class and gender. The course will explore the historical and contemporary issues around community and individual health, life expectancy, mortality, and morbidity rates, as well as geographic, social and cultural aspects of loss. Students will explore the impact of the intersectionality of race, class, and gender, social justice, equity and access in lives of diverse communities as it pertains to loss. Topics include attitudes about death, loss in the lives of adults and children, modes of death, death and loss rituals within cultures and communities, suicide, violence, trauma, illness, disease, living wills, funeral plans as well as historical and current practices and trends in health care. Three class hours.

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HED-115 Sections for Summer 2025

With the following scheduling option(s)

4 Sections Offered

HED-115, Section SL1

CRN #60256
Online/Virtual Campus (asynchronous)

Instructor(s)

Melany Silas

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0

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Scheduled Meeting Times

TypeLocationDate(s)Day / Time
LectureOnline
Jun 2nd, 2025 – Jul 3rd, 2025N/A
Type Lecture
Location Online
Date(s) Jun 2nd, 2025 – Jul 3rd, 2025
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HED-115, Section SL2

CRN #60821
Online/Virtual Campus (asynchronous)

Instructor(s)

Melany Silas

Seats Remaining

22

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TypeLocationDate(s)Day / Time
LectureOnline
Jun 2nd, 2025 – Jul 3rd, 2025N/A
Type Lecture
Location Online
Date(s) Jun 2nd, 2025 – Jul 3rd, 2025
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HED-115, Section SL4

CRN #61409
Online/Virtual Campus (asynchronous)

Instructor(s)

Melany Silas

Seats Remaining

25

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Scheduled Meeting Times

TypeLocationDate(s)Day / Time
LectureOnline
Jul 7th, 2025 – Aug 8th, 2025N/A
Type Lecture
Location Online
Date(s) Jul 7th, 2025 – Aug 8th, 2025
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HED-115, Section SL3

CRN #62650
Online/Virtual Campus (asynchronous)

Instructor(s)

Melany Silas

Seats Remaining

25

Already on Waitlist

0

Scheduled Meeting Times

TypeLocationDate(s)Day / Time
LectureOnline
Jul 7th, 2025 – Aug 8th, 2025N/A
Type Lecture
Location Online
Date(s) Jul 7th, 2025 – Aug 8th, 2025
Day / Time N/A