Module THMN2041: Death and Dying

Department: Theology and Ministry

THMN2041: Death and Dying

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To enable students to reflect on human experiences related to death and bereavement.
• To explore personal, pastoral and liturgical responses to those experiences.
• To equip students to begin the ministry of working with the bereaved and taking funerals.

Content

• Individual, social and practical responses to death, loss and bereavement
• Relevant considerations from various human and theological disciplines
• Ethical, pastoral and liturgical responses to death and bereavement

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this module students will be able to:
• Reflect on their own attitudes to, and experience of loss, death and bereavement.

• Demonstrate an understanding of insights that human and theological disciplines bring to such experiences.
• Show an awareness of pastoral and liturgical responses to death and bereavement as they begin the ministry of working with the dying and bereaved.

• Exercise pastoral judgment and skill in helping individuals and communities respond to death and bereavement.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Lectures, seminars, use of media, visits to practitioners and discussions. 28 hours contact time

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Formative assignment will be a recorded funeral talk/homily and feedback on this will include self-assessment, as well as peer and tutor feedback.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University