GENERAL EDUCATION CORE

•  ENGL 111 - English Composition CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
•  IVYT 111 - Student Success CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
•  MATH 123 - Quantitative Reasoning CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
•  SOCI 111 - Introduction to Sociology CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
•  APHY 101 - Anatomy and Physiology I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

PROFESSIONAL - TECHNICAL

•  ACCT 101 - Financial Accounting CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

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• ACCT 118 - Financial Concepts for Accounting CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

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• BUSN 201 - Business Law CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
•  MORT 100 - Orientation to Funeral Service CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 101 - Grief Psychology for Funeral Service CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 102 - Mortuary Law in Management CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2
• MORT 105 - Embalming Theory I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 104 - Embalming Chemistry CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2
• MORT 107 - Funeral Service Merchandising CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 110 - Cremation Processes and Management CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2
• MORT 205 - Embalming Theory II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 207 - Funeral Service Practicum I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 209 - Restorative Art CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 210 - Microbiology and Pathology for Funeral Service CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 211 - Funeral Directing I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2
• MORT 212 - Funeral Service Management CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2
• MORT 217 - Funeral Service Practicum II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MORT 220 - Mortuary Science Seminar CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
• MORT 221 - Funeral Directing II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2

STATEWIDE ELECTIVES

TOTAL CREDITS: 65

SYMBOL KEY:

### Courses must be successfully completed before admittance to the program

DEGREE OUTCOMES

• Explain the importance of funeral service professionals in developing relationships with the families and communities they serve.
• Identify standards of ethical conduct in funeral service practice.
• Interpret how federal, state, and local laws apply to funeral services in order to ensure compliance.
• Apply principles of public health and safety in the handling and preparation of human remains.
• Demonstrate technical skills in embalming and restorative art that are necessary for the preparation and handling of human remains.
• Demonstrate skills required for conducting arrangement conferences, visitations, services, and ceremonies.
• Describe the requirements and procedures for burial, cremation, and other accepted forms of final disposition of human remains.
• Describe methods to address the grief-related needs of the bereaved.
• Explain management skills associated with operating a funeral establishment.
• Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills and research skills needed for funeral service practice.