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Course Number: HED 115 Course Title: Death and Dying Credits: 3 Credits Description: A study of the dying process, death, ceremonies and rituals in many cultures. Deals with issues of loss experiences, the fear of death, understanding reactions to death, near-death experiences, euthanasia, suicide, and current practices and trends in the care and treatment of the terminally ill. Three class hours. Service Project (HED 115-004, 005, 010, 181): Students will have the option to participate in a hospice care environment, where residents of The Serenity House, Isaiah House, St. John’s Home, and Webster Comfort Care and others have been deemed by a medical professional as having less than three months to live. While offering support as companions to terminal individuals, their family, and their friends; MCC students will learn hands-on the  traditional philosophical and theological attitudes toward death, how persons and their families handle the dying process, the stages or phases of the dying process likely to be experienced by the terminally ill, cultural interpretations of death, religious perspectives on death, grief and coping, as well as become familiar with the needs of the terminally ill and how hospice is organized to meet those needs. (10 hours - Option) S-09 Course Number: HED 209 Course Title: Drugs and Behavior Credits: 3 Credits Description: This course is designed to inform the student about the issue of chemical dependencies. Basic pharmacology in addition to the biological, psychological and sociological reasons for drug-seeking behavior will be discussed. Topics pertaining to both legal and illegal drug use, abuse and dependency will be covered. This will be accomplished through the use of lectures, videos, class discussions and reaction papers. Three class hours. Service Project (HED 209-004): Students will partner with the Damon City Campus Center/ Wellness Center to provide educational workshops during Violence Awareness month in Aril.  Topics include, but are not limited to: Issues related to drug use, abuse, addiction and how they all contribute to domestic violence, How family stressors increase the risk of substance abuse/domestic violence, and How addressing issues of substance abuse can be healing to families.   (20 hours - Option) S-09