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Funeral Service
Certificate of Proficiency
[see also Degree Program]
The Funeral Service certificate program
completes the educational requirements for licensure in funeral service.
Admission to the certificate program and/or enrollment in any
FUN course
requires a high school diploma or equivalent plus two years (60 credits)
of prior college education at a regionally accredited institution of higher
education (or completion of the Funeral Service Preparatory program).
Class size is limited.
Applicants to the certificate program must complete prerequisite courses of Anatomy and
Physiology I and II (BIO 106 fulfills
this requirement), accounting, business law, chemistry, psychology and English composition
with a minimum grade of C. An overall C+ cumulative grade point average is required for admission.
Students are responsible for securing part-time employment in an approved New Jersey or
eastern Pennsylvania funeral home in order to complete the field experience and practicum courses.
This employment requires the student to be registered as an intern with the New Jersey
State Board of Mortuary Science or as a student/trainee with the Pennsylvania
Board of Funeral Directors.
Students must take the National Board Exam to be eligible for graduation. Graduates are then
eligible to take state licensing examinations.
Note: With proper planning, students anticipating Fall matriculation into the
certificate program can complete the prerequisites in one Spring semester.
Full-time matriculation is only available beginning in Fall semesters;
part-time night matriculation is available Spring and Fall semesters.
Note: Enrollment in any FUN
course requires the approval of the Director of Funeral Service Programs.
Certificate Curriculum
| Code |
Course (lecture/lab hours) |
Credits |
|
FUN |
306 |
Introduction to Funeral Service (3/0) |
3 |
|
FUN |
347 |
Principles of Embalming
I (3/0) |
3 |
|
FUN |
303 |
Funeral Service Principles
(3/0) |
3 |
|
FUN |
312 |
Funeral Service Pathology (3/0) |
3 |
|
FUN |
315 |
Funeral Service Law
(3/0) |
3 |
|
FUN |
395 |
Funeral Service Field Experience (2/0/2 days)
In addition to lab and/or seminar,
these courses include two days (16 hours per week) of supervised off-campus
field experience in an approved funeral service firm for each semester.
Students must also be registered as an intern with the New Jersey State
Board of Mortuary Science or as a student/trainee with the Pennsylvania
Board of Funeral Directors. Registration with the New Jersey State Board
of Mortuary Science enables the student to receive credit toward the New
Jersey internship requirement. |
3 |
|
ENG |
- |
English Composition elective (3/0)
Students having completed ENG 101, 102, 112, 114, 209, 215, or 224 have fulfilled this requirement. |
3 |
| |
|
FUN |
349 |
Principles of Embalming II (2/0) |
2 |
|
FUN |
317 |
Funeral Service Management
(3/0) |
3 |
|
FUN |
327 |
Restorative Art (2/2) |
3 |
|
FUN |
329 |
Funeral Service Counseling (3/0) |
3 |
|
BIO |
215 |
Principles of Microbiology (3/0) |
3 |
|
FUN |
351 |
Embalming Lab and Practicum (0/3/2days) |
3 |
|
FUN |
320 |
Funeral Service Laws, Rules & Regulations (1/0) |
1 |
| Total |
39 |
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