Thanatology, Death Education Post-Master’s Certificate

This post-master’s certificate is designed for individuals working in healthcare, grief support, organ/tissue procurement, funeral service, counseling, clergy/chaplains, volunteers (within, for example, hospice, hospital, funeral home, faith community, senior center, or family grief center) who recognize the need for organizational or community education about death, dying, grief and loss. Also appropriate for K-12 and educators in Higher Education who want to incorporate death and dying into their curricula but are not sure how to go about it, or need better content understanding.

Learning Objectives:

• Discern, reflect upon, and evaluate student’s own relationship with death and grief, both as an individual and a member of society
• Examine best practices in end-of-life care and grief support
• Develop a course in an area of expertise that meets the individual learning needs of a diverse student population