Course Flow Chart

Course Flow Chart

Level 1 Classes – Available to All Students - No Prerequisites Required

Classes Credits Prerequisites
1. Anatomy for Funeral Professionals 3 N/A
2. Introduction to Chemistry and Microbiology 3 N/A
3. Small Business & Accounting 3 N/A
4. Funeral Directing 3 N/A
5. Funeral Profession 3 N/A
6. Introduction to Social Science 3 N/A
7. Applied Communications 3 N/A

Level 2 Classes – Available Once Credit for All Prerequisite Classes Are Completed

Classes Credits Prerequisites
8. Anatomy for Funeral Professionals 2 3 Anatomy for Funeral Professionals
9. Microbiology/Sanitation/Public Health 3 Intro to Chemistry & Microbiology
10. Chemistry for Embalming 3 Intro to Chemistry & Microbiology
11. Marketing & Merchandising 3 Funeral Directing
12. Business and Funeral Law 3 Small Business & Accounting and Funeral Directing
13. Funeral Dispositions and Ethics 3 Funeral Directing
14. Psychology of Grief 3 Intro to Social Science
15. Embalming 1 3 Anatomy for Funeral Professionals 2 and Chemistry for Embalming

Level 3 Classes – Available Once Credits for All Prerequisite Classes Are Completed

Classes Credits Prerequisites
16. Funeral Service Management 3 Funeral Directing and Small Business & Accounting
17. Embalming 2 3 Embalming 1
18. Restorative Art 3 Anatomy for Funeral Professionals 2
19. Pathology 3 Anatomy for Funeral Professionals 2 and Microbiology/Sanitation/Public Health
20. Clinical Cooperative 1 5 Must have earned 54 credit hours and completed Embalming 1 and Restorative Art
21. Clinical Cooperative 2 5 Must have successfully completed Clinical Cooperative 1
22. Comprehensive Review 3 Must have completed all academic courses. Can be taken with Clinical Cooperative 2.

 *Taking 9 credit hours per term is considered full-time.
**Associates of Applied Science Degree in Funeral Service is 70 Credit hours