FSE140 — Funeral Directing
4 credits The Funeral Directing curriculum focuses on the basic duties, responsibilities, and expectations of those practicing funeral service. This includes notification of death, transfer of remains, conduct of the arrangement conference, prefunded/preplanned funerals, religious practices, fraternal funerals and military honors, shipment of remains, final disposition, aftercare, and regulatory and legislative compliance. e., pre-need, at-need, and post funeral follow up) Describe and apply appropriate initial notification procedures Relate the process of transferring human remains from the place of death to the funeral establishment using generally accepted procedures, equipment, and forms Apply communication skills necessary for the arrangement conference and all funeral processes Identify and describe various religious and secular funeral customs as practiced in North America Describe fraternal funeral procedures and military honors Explain prefunded/preplanned funerals Identify requirements and options for the shipping of human remains Apply vocabulary associated with funeral service Describe the forms of final disposition Program
Prerequisites: FSE101, FSE103, FSE130