Funeral Services Administration - Program Description

• 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.
• Can concentrate elective courses in their field of interest such as business, coroner preparation, or Human Services.
• Will be involved in online and campus courses.

• Funeral Director
• Embalmer
• Pre-need Funeral Counselor in a funeral home or with specialized pre-med companies.
• Funeral Service After Care Specialist
• Cemetery Administration
• Allied Professions such as cemeteries, crematories, morgues, and medical examiners offices, organ and tissue banks, coroners, funeral supply sales such as caskets, vaults, embalming fluids, and computer software companies.

Licensed Funeral directors who have already graduated and passed the National Board Examination are eligible to obtain credit for Funeral Services Administration courses through challenge exams or portfolio development. The State University allows up to 30 credits in these types of experiential learning.

• 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.