TMPS 7018 Death and Dying
The study of death and dying is a complex, multidimensional, and evolving field. This course draws on contemporary theory and research to explore death and dying from multiple perspectives, including religious, theological, pastoral, and psychological. Topics include societal attitudes toward death; facing one's own death; cultural features of death and dying; end-of-life issues; children and death; funerals and the use of ritual in ministry to the dying; pastoral sensitivities and skills for ministering to the dying; and pressing contemporary concerns, such as death in the workplace, institutional death, violent death, and death in global perspective.
Course overview
- Department
- Theology and Ministry
- School
- STM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Periodically
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- Permission of Department
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.70 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.83 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Melissa Kelley | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 16 of 20 |
| Spring 2025 | Melissa Kelley | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 14 of 21 |
| Spring 2023 | Melissa Kelley | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 7–9 hrs/week | 19 of 22 |
| Fall 2021 | Melissa Kelley | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 19 |