Badge Overview
Principles of Thanatology
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Principles of Thanatology

Issued by Hood College
Badge Description
The Principles in Thanatology badge provides an overview of major themes and attitudes of death and grief included in theories, process models, death trajectories and death systems. It explores roles of palliative care and hospice in the dying process to understand the experience of an “appropriate death.”
Death System
Death Perspectives
Death and Dying
End-of-Life Care
Bereavemet
End-of-Life Decisions
End-of-Life Issues
Badge Criteria
This FOUNDATIONAL level badge is equivalent to a 3-credit, master's level course. A final grade of B or better is required to earn this badge.
Aligned Outcomes
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Internal
Core Competencies
https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomesGSO_Comm
Communication
The badge earner will communicate clearly and effectively in oral, written and/or visual formats, consistent with the standards of their discipline.
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Internal
Core Competencies
https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomesGSO_CriReas
Critical Reasoning
The badge earner will approach content and tasks with a critical awareness, framed by knowledge and skills appropriate to their discipline.
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Internal
Core Competencies
https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomesGSO_ProbSolv
Problem Solving
The badge earner will apply advanced disciplinary content knowledge and strategies to understand and address problems and questions relevant to their discipline and to which they have not previously been introduced.
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Internal
Core Competencies
https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomesGSO_Div
Diversity
The badge earner will recognize and engage diverse ideas, perspectives and/or traditions that inform their discipline, profession and graduate experience.
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Internal
Core Competencies
https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomesGSO_Prof
Professionalism
The badge earner will engage in legal, ethical and professional behaviors consistent with their discipline, including leadership, teamwork and/or other responsibilities to key stakeholders.