Class of 2006

MCCC Funeral Service Program

MCCC has structured the Funeral Service program so that students may attend MCCC for 1, 2 or 3 years.

Many students enroll in the Funeral Service Preparatory program in order to complete their first 60 college credits. Some students do their initial college work at other institutions and then attend MCCC for 1-2 years to take funeral courses only.

MCCC has the only accredited Funeral Service program in NJ (there are 57 such programs in the US).

Students must complete (at MCCC or via transfer) appropriate courses in accounting, chemistry, anatomy, business law, psychology and English composition before they enroll in the Funeral Service courses. These courses can be part of the basic requirement of 60 college credits. This pre-requisite requirement exists for all applicants (even those with Baccalaureate & Master degrees, etc.).

Students may also earn college credit while they work in the funeral home setting by enrolling in Funeral Service Internship courses in the Preparatory program (optional) and in Funeral Service Field Experience and Embalming Lab & Practicum in the Certificate and Funeral Service AAS degree program (mandatory).

FUNERAL SERVICE STAFF

FULL-TIME TEACHING FACULTY:
Robert C. Smith III, Deborah Tolboom

SECRETARY:
Mary McCormick

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS:
John Alloway, Jim Brierley and Jennifer Budd Wright

LAB INSTRUCTORS:
Al Opacity

FIELD SUPERVISORS:
Dominic Bernaudo