GTHAN-MAJOR - Thanatology

Integrate elements of the eight domains of the discipline of thanatology (definitions/perceptions; demography/epidemiology; foreseen death; unforeseen death; other traumatic death; loss, grief and mourning; theories of grief; contemporary models of grief; concepts related to grief; funeral practices)

Evaluate the elements of practice considerations for professionals in thanatology (practices related to human mortality; decision-making at end of life; care of the dying; practices related to counseling and therapy; practices related to death education; other thanatology practice issues).

Synthesize and evaluate the contextual and theoretical considerations in thanatology (history of thanatology as a discipline; societal and cultural frameworks and norms; representations of death and grief in the arts; research across the lifespan; theories of non-death loss and ambiguous loss).