The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of two death education seminars to create in the participants a better capacity to prepare for their own death and to cope with the death of others. An affective death education seminar was presented to 28 health education students, and a cognitive death education seminar was presented to 30 health education students. The Coping with Death Scale was used to measure four factors: Relating to Others about Death, Preparedness for One's Death, Coping with Personal Losses, and Knowledge of Funeral Arrangements. The affective seminar, with emphasized feelings, values, and probing discussions, did not produce significant differences on Relating to Others about Death, Preparedness for One's Death, and Coping with Personal Losses. The cognitive seminar demonstrated that factual information can be used to produce an improvement in the coping ability of individuals to make funeral arrangements. (BW)