Pre-Mortuary Science Focus, AS

The Associate of Science degree program in Pre-Mortuary Science is designed for students who are planning to transfer to a four‐year bachelor’s degree program in Mortuary Science. The curriculum fulfills the general education requirements of most bachelor degree programs but also is specifically designed to prepare students for the challenging mortuary science program. Upon completion of the bachelor’s degree in Mortuary Science, the new funeral service professional will be eligible to take the qualifying exam for Certification in Thanatology (CT) from the Association of Death Education and Counseling and the Thanatology Association. Combining the thanatology certification with funeral director and embalmer licensure is empowering the funeral service professional to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, graduates will:

• Demonstrate skills in supporting the bereaved by describing the grieving process and its relationship to healing.
• Explain individual and cultural differences in attitudes tow death, grieving, mourning, loss, assessment and intervention, and traumatic death and death education. 
• Demonstrate preparation for transfer to a bachelor’s degree program by completing foundational courses and thanatology with no loss of credits upon transfer.