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Funeral Services Administration - Program Description
The Bachelor of Technology degree in Funeral Services Administration is open to new students, transfer students and Funeral Directors who have passed the Nation Board Examination and are licensed. This is the only inclusive bachelor degree in Funeral Services Administration in New York State and one of only a few in the country.
Accreditation:
The Funeral Services Administration program at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Canton, is provisionally accredited by the:
American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE),
3414 Ashland Avenue
St. Joseph, Missouri 64506
(816) 233-3747
www.abfse.org
Students in this Major:
- Participate in classes, practicums, and internships that provide theoretical education as well as practical training and experience in all phases of the Funeral Service profession including embalming and funeral directing.
- Are eligible to take the National Board Examination required for licensure.
- Experience a learning environment that is rigorous yet supportive and flexible.
- Have a dedicated faculty who believe that
the teaching-learning process is the most
important aspect of their job. - Will be involved in online and campus courses.
Career Opportunities:
- Funeral Director
- Embalmer
- Pre-need Funeral Counselor in a funeral home
- Funeral Service after care specialist
- Allied Professions such as cemeteries, crematories, morgues, and medical examiners offices, organ and tissue banks, coroners, funeral supply sales as caskets, vaults, embalming fluids, and computer software companies
Admission Requirements:
- Refer to the table of high school course prerequisites for admission.
- Students must be eligible for enrollment in Expository Writing (ENGL 101) or Oral and Written Expression (ENGL 102).
- Students must be eligible for enrollment in Survey of Mathematics (MATH 111) or College Algebra (MATH 121).
- Transfer students must have a minimum 2.0 GPA for admittance into the FSAD curriculum.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (Curriculum 1525)
Semester I Credits
| BIOL 101 | Intro to Biology (GER 2) | 4 |
| BSAD 100 | Intro to Business | 3 |
| CITA 110 | Intro to Information Technology | 3 |
| ENGL 102 | Oral & Written Expression (GER 10) | 3 |
| PSYC 101 | Intro to Psychology (GER 3) | 3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 16 |
Semester II Credits
| BSAD 200 | Business Communications | 3 |
| MATH 111 MATH 141 |
Survey of Math (GER 1) OR Statistics (GER 1) |
3 |
| English or Humanities Elective (GER 7) | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 15 |
Semester III Credits
| ACCT 101 | Foundations of Financial Accounting | 4 |
| FSAD 111 | Study of Funerals: Past and Present | 3 |
| SSCI 315 | Death, Dying & Bereavement | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Arts Elective (GER 4, 5, 6, 8) | 3 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 16 |
Semester IV Credits
| BIOL 207 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| FSAD 129 | Clinical Practicum | 2 |
| FSAD 214 | Funeral Home Management I | 3 |
| HLTH 105 | Pathology | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Elective (GER 4, 5, 6, 8) | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 18 |
Semester V Credits
| FSAD 121 | Analytical Embalming Techniques | 4 |
| FSAD 225 | Professional Funeral Practice | 3 |
| FSAD 322 | Funeral Home Management II | 3 |
| U/L Liberal Arts Elective | 3 | |
| U/L General Elective | 3 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 16 |
Semester VI Credits
| FSAD 211 | Embalming & Aseptic Technology | 4 |
| FSAD 307 | Human Response to Death | 4 |
| FSAD 308 | Intro to Internship | 1 |
| FSAD 401 | Funeral Service Law | 3 |
| U/L General Elective | 3 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 15 |
Semester VII Credits
| FSAD 420 | Current Issues in Funeral Service* | 3 |
| FSAD 440 | Internship | 8 |
| U/L Management, Social Science or Health Elective | 3 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 14 |
Semester VIII Credits
| FSAD 321 | Advanced Embalming | 4 |
| FSAD 323 | Restorative Art | 4 |
| FSAD 325 | Mortuary Compliance | 2 |
| FSAD 406 | Bereavement Counseling | 3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 13 |
* Fulfills writing intensive requirement.
U/L=Upper Level Courses (300/400)
GER=General Education Requirement
—"C" or better is required in FSAD 121, FSAD 211
and students must take the National Board
Examination to pass FSAD 325.
NOTE: Funeral Services Administration students must meet seven of the ten General Education Requirements and successfully complete the SUNY Canton Computer Competency requirement.
CAUTION: Students applying for admission to Funeral Services Administration should contact their respective state boards of funeral service regarding that state board's approval of this particular program of instruction.
School of Science, Health & Criminal Justice
Cook Hall 125
Phone: (315) 386-7401
Fax: (315) 386-7959
