Unit of Study: SCWK6944 - Death, Dying and Mourning
The purpose of this unit of study is to introduce students to the various, often competing discourses both constituting and challenging notions of self around death, dying and mourning. An important focus is sociological approaches to these issues as they reflect broader cultural understanding of such issues as community relations and continuity, sex and sexuality, disease, stigma and social control. This unit is also available as a single unit of study to professionals who wish to undertake this as a stand-alone unit.
Unit coordinator: Dr Lindsey Napier
Classes: on-line
Assessment: presentation and essay
Courses this subject is available in
This unit of study can be undertaken as a part of the following degree programs:
Graduate Certificate in Arts
This is a graduate certificate designed for those who wish to undertake a few units of study at postgraduate level in a particular area in the Faculty of Arts or who do not qualify for entry to the Graduate Diploma or Masters courses. Candidates who have satisfied the requirements for the award of Graduate Certificate may apply to upgrade to the Graduate Diploma course in the same sequence, provided that their results are of sufficient merit.
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Graduate Certificate in Human and Community Services
The GradCertH&CS provides students with up-to-date information about developments in policy, practice and research in the human and community services industry.
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Graduate Certificate in Medical Humanities
The Medical Humanities coursework program is designed to open up the experiential side of health and illness, as represented in the arts and humanities.
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Graduate Diploma in Arts
Graduate Diploma in Arts.
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Graduate Diploma in Medical Humanities
The Medical Humanities coursework program is designed to open up the experiential side of health and illness, as represented in the arts and humanities.
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Master of Administrative Law and Policy
The Master of Administrative Law & Policy (MALP) aims to develop an understanding of the relationship between law, and the analysis and implementation of public policy.
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Master of Arts
Master of Arts.
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Master of Letters
This coursework degree is designed for the upgrading of professional skills or to provide preparation for a consultancy or a PhD. Candidates undertake coursework in an area in which they are suitably qualified.
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Master of Medical Humanities
The Medical Humanities coursework program is designed to open up the experiential side of health and illness, as represented in the arts and humanities.
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Master of Social Work
This course is designed to allow social work practitioners to reflect on and formulate their practice; read about and appraise alternative practices and theories; and assess their work problems and clients' needs in new ways.
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