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Apr 25, 2024
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Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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FSE 140 Funeral Directing4 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, cremation, aftercare, and regulatory and legislative compliance.
Prerequisites: FSE 101 , FSE 130 , and FSE 141
Quarters Offered: Winter
Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Determine and identify the primary responsibilities of the funeral practitioner, including regulatory and legislative compliance, and adherence to ethical standards
- Explain the time frames in which the services of the funeral practitioner are typically provided (i.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
- Discuss prefunded/preplanned funerals
- Discuss requirements and options for the shipping of human remains
- Interpret vocabulary associated with funeral service
- Explain terminology and considerations unique to cremation and alternative disposition arrangements
Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
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