ANTH 1481 - THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF DEATH

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Death as process and as fact generates a plethora of practices, beliefs, and responses cross-culturally. This course explores aging and death by examining cultural meanings and social actions employed by various cultures in dealing with the end of life, from the vantage of both the dying and the living. Included will be issues of identity and transformation, relegation and ritual, as well as the material implications of death.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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