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Curriculum

 

 

Course Description Credit Hours

GENERAL EDUCATION must be completed before entry into the Funeral Services program

ENC 1101 Composition I 3
SPC 1017 Introduction to Speech Communication ( OR SPC 1608 or 1065) 3
Hum/FA

Humanities/Fine Arts Approved Course

** ( HUM     2270  or REL      2300 )

3
Soc/Beh Science Social & Behavioral Sciences Approved Course 3
Mathematics One college-level course with MAC, MGF, MTG or STA prefix 3
PHI 1600 Studies in Applied Ethics ( OR 1602H , 1631 ,2635 or 2649) 3
CTS 1060 Basic Computer/Information Literacy 1

SUPPORT COURSES (11 credits)

ACG 2001 Applied Financial I Accounting OR 3
ACG 2021 Financial Accounting (3)
BSC 1083 Human Anatomy 3
BUL 2241 Business Law 3
HSC 1524 Introduction to Infectious Diseases 2

PROGRAM COURSES

Semester in Program (13 credits)

FSE 1000 Introduction to Funeral Services (open enrollment course) 3
FSE 1204 Funeral Service Computer Application 1
FSE 2061 Thanatology (open enrollment course) 3
FSE 2202 Funeral Home Management 3
FSE 2060 Funeral Directing 3

Semester in Program (12 credits)

FSE 1105 Thanatochemistry 2
FSE 2080 Funeral Law 3
FSE 2100 Embalming I 3
FSE 2101L Embalming Clinical I 1
FSE 2201 Funeral Home Management Operations 3

Semester in Program (12 credits)

FSE 2120 Restorative Art 3
FSE 2120L Restorative Art Lab 1
FSE 2160 Funeral Pathology 3
FSE 2140 Embalming II 3
FSE 2141L Embalming Clinical II 1
FSE 2930 Funeral Services Professional Review 1

Semester in Program (5 credits)

FSE 2946 Professional Practicum (all other classes must be completed prior to enrollment) 5
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS 72

(a) If you  take MAT 1033, your degree will be an A.A.S. instead of an A.S. Transferability cannot guaranteed with the A.A.S. degree.

(b) All courses must be completed prior to FSE 2946

Students must take the National Board Examination prior to graduation.

 

** To provide students with an enhanced world view in light of an increasingly globalized economy, students must include at least one of the following courses as part of the general education requirements for the Associate in Science degree:


                       LIT        2110                  World Literature I
                         LIT        2110H                Honors World Literature I
                         LIT        2120                  World Literature II
                       LIT        2120H                Honors World Literature II
                       HUM     2270                  Humanities (East-West Synthesis)
                       HUM     2270H              Honors Humanities (East-West Synthesis)
                       REL      2300                  World Religions
                       INR       2002                  International Relations
                       INR       2002H                Honors International Relations
                       WOH     2040                  The Twentieth Century
                       WOH     2040H                Honors The Twentieth Century

This applies to all students who were first enrolled in a class during August 2008. If you have earned an AA or higher degree it does not apply.

 

List of General Education Courses available

All General Educaion classes must be completed before entry into the program.
http://www.spcollege.edu/program/GENR-AS

List of Funeral Services Program (FSE) Course Descriptions
http://www.spcollege.edu/webcentral/acad/CourseDescriptions.php?pre=FSE










   
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