Goals and Objectives The aims and goals of the SPC Funeral Services Program is         1. Expand students' knowledge of the profession. .   2. Educate students in every phase of funeral services, and help them to become competent in each phase. .   3. Teach students about responsibilities of funeral services in relation to the community.   4. Emphasize high standards of professional and ethical conduct and behavior. .   5. Provide a post-secondary course of study attuned to the ever-changing needs and theories of funeral services.   6. Encourage continuing education and research in the funeral services profession.   7. Serve as a liaison to funeral service practitioners and to the community at large .

The Funeral Services Program recognizes the importance of funeral service education personnel as:

members of a human services profession;

members of the community in which they serve;

participants in the relationship between bereaved families and those engaged in the funeral service profession;

professionals knowledgeable of and compliant with federal, state, provincial/territorial, and local regulatory guidelines, as well as;

professionals sensitive to the responsibility for public health, safety, and welfare in caring for human remains.