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Case 7
Funeral
General Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
Definition: A program that generally prepares individuals
for careers in the funeral service industry and for
licensure as funeral service directors or morticians.
Includes instruction in the basic elements of mortuary
science and the business, counseling, and operational
aspects of funeral service.
Funeral Direction/Service.
Definition: A program that prepares individuals for
professional licensure as funeral directors and as managers
of funeral homes, cemeteries, and related services. Includes
instruction in the sociology of death and dying, psychology
of grief and grief counseling, history of funeral service,
funeral direction, business law, funeral service law,
funeral home management, accounting and related computer
operations, and funeral services marketing and
merchandising.
Mortuary Science and Embalming/Embalmer.
Definition: A program that prepares individuals for
licensure as embalmers and morticians. Includes instruction
in pathogenic microbiology, systematic pathology,
thanatochemistry, gross anatomy, clinical mortuary science,
embalming, restorative art, applicable laws and regulations,
and special services such as cremation and preparations
required by specific religious communities.
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