Academics
Programs
The Mortuary Science curriculum at FINE Mortuary College is a single purpose program focusing on all aspects of funeral service. A rigorous two-year program that includes the science, psychology, and business requirements of the funeral service profession.
The program provides academic and real-world experiences for tomorrow’s funeral service professionals. Once the academic requirements are completed, the student will earn a degree of the Associate of Applied Sciences in Funeral Service.
The program is accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education. (www.abfse.org )
School Calendar
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. Business Basics | 3 | N/A |
4. Funeral Directing | 3 | N/A |
5. Funeral Profession | 3 | N/A |
6. Introduction to the 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. Embalming Chemistry | 3 | Intro to Chemistry & Microbiology |
11. Essentials of Accounting | 3 | Business Basics |
12. Marketing & Merchandising | 3 | Funeral Directing & Funeral Profession |
13. Law & Ethics | 3 | Business Basics and Funeral Directing |
14. Issues and Concerns of a Modern Funeral Professional | 3 | Funeral Directing |
15. Psychology of Grief | 3 | Introduction to Social Science |
Level 3 Classes – Available Once Credits for All Prerequisite Classes Are Completed
Classes | Credits | Prerequisites |
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16. Funeral Service Management | 3 | Business Basics & Essentials of Accounting |
17. Embalming | 3 | Anatomy for Funeral Professionals 2 and Embalming Chemistry |
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 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 or Applied Communications or Issues and Concerns of a Modern Professional. |
*Taking 9 credit hours per term is considered full-time.
**Associates of Applied Science Degree in Funeral Service is 70 Credit hours

Student Spotlight
FINE Mortuary College, A Private Two-Year College, announces the inaugural recipients of the Kathryn Cantillon-White Memorial Scholarship
FINE Mortuary College, in collaboration with Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home in Woburn, MA are happy to announce the winners of the Kathryn Cantillon-White Memorial Scholarship. Kathryn Cantillon-White, a 2011 graduate of FMC, passed away in 2015 from pregnancy complications. Her spirit, love and dedication as a funeral professional is the foundation of this award.
The four winners of $2000 each are:

Quinn “Charlie” Braatz

Felicia Hendrix

Kylee Mahoney
