Certificate in Thanatology - Practical Approach
Online
Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Certificate in Thanatology at Centennial College teaches awareness of death, dying, grief, bereavement, communication strategies, and religious philosophies of dying from the perspectives of the dying and the bereaved. It prepares students to support people facing or coping with death. The program suits professionals and volunteers—police, teachers, paramedics, social workers, hospital, hospice and long‑term care staff—and family caregivers. Centennial offers accessible part‑time and online learning.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue bereavement support worker, grief counselor, palliative care team member, hospice volunteer coordinator, social worker, or crisis responder, and strengthen practice in healthcare, education, policing, community services, nonprofit organizations.
The certificate in Thanatology aims to promote awareness and understanding of death and how it affects individuals. Courses in the program focus on grief and bereavement issues, communication strategies, and religious philosophies of dying and death from the perspective of both the dying and the bereaved. Graduates of this unique program will have the skills and experience to better understand, support, and care for those facing or coping with death.
This program would be ideal for individuals who work with the terminally ill or their families and for those who provide support or assistance to those affected by death including police officers, teachers, paramedics, social workers, and employees and volunteers in hospitals, hospices, and long-term care facilities. These courses would also help family, friends caregivers, or anyone concerned with coping with death and dying.
Mandatory Courses
- Introduction To Thanatology
- Religious Beliefs/traditions And Customs Of Death
- Mourning, Grief And Bereavement Reactions And Responses To Death
- Coping With Death- Counselling/support Groups And Alternate Therapies
- Learning From Death And Dying
