Funeral Service Education, Associate of Applied Science FS23

CIP Code

120301

The Associate of Applied Science in Funeral Service Education is designed to prepare students for a career in funeral service. All aspects of funeral service will be taught within the scope of this program. Academic and technical skills will be taught in the areas of general business, industry regulations and laws, embalming and restorative art skills, funeral service applications, funeral home management, grief counseling, etc. The goal is to prepare the student for successful completion of all necessary board examinations and to prepare the student for the rigors of daily work within the funeral service industry. The goals of the Funeral Service Education Program are to promote and improve the standards of funeral service education and professionalism, to expose funeral service students to all aspects of the profession, and foster a desire to serve the public interest in an ethical, dignified manner. All Funeral Service Education students must take the National Board Examination to graduate from the program.

National Board Examination pass rates, graduation rates, and employment rates for this and other ABFSE-accredited programs are available at https://www.abfse.org/html/dir-ga.htmlin the Directory of Accredited Programs.

Degree Requirements

 

Area I - Language Arts-Communication

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences

 
PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

Area III - Natural Sciences-Mathematics

Select one course (3 hours).
MATH 1100Quantitative Skills&Reasoning

3

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

Area IV Humanities-Fine Arts

Select one course (3 hours).


ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3

ENGL 2130American Literature

3

HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3

MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3

Select this additional course

ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3

Occupational Courses

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3

FSRV 1010History of Funeral Service

2

FSRV 1020 Funeral Service Law and Ethics

1

FSRV 1030 Funeral Service Management and Directing

6

FSRV 2000 Anatomy for Funeral Service

4

FSRV 2010 Pathology for Funeral Service

3

FSRV 2020 Chemistry for Funeral Service

3

FSRV 2030 Embalming Techniques

6

FSRV 2080 Microbiology for Funeral Service

3

FSRV 1050 Funeral Service Practicum

2

FSRV 1070Small Business Administration for Funeral Service

4

FSRV 2060 Restorative Art

4

FSRV 2090 Grief Counseling and Sociology for Funeral Service

3

FSRV 2100 Funeral Service Seminar

3

ACCT 1100Financial Accounting I

4

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

Select One of the Following

MKTG 1130Business Reg and Compliance

3

ACCT 2140Legal Environment of Business

3

Total Credit Hours: 72