FSE 1000 INTRODUCTION TO FUNERAL SERVICES 3 credits

Prerequisite: (ENC 0020 and REA 0002) or EAP 1695 or appropriate score on the SPC Placement Test. This course provides an orientation to the profession of funeral services. Topics include the historical role of funeral service from pre-Christian to modern times, functional role of the funeral service practitioner, sociology of funeral service, current and future trends, and funeral service organizations. Emphasis will be on the development of funeral service practices in the United States. 47 contact hours.

FSE 1105 THANATOCHEMISTRY 2 credits

Prerequisite: Admission to program or program director approval. This course is a survey of the basic principles of disinfection and preservation as they relate to embalming. Especially stressed are the chemical principles involved in sanitation, disinfection, and embalming practice. The development and use of personal, professional, and community sanitation practices is addressed as well as use and precautions related to potentially harmful chemicals that are currently used in the field of funeral services. 32 contact hours.

FSE 1204 FUNERAL SERVICE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 1 credits

Prerequisite: CGS 1060 or permission of the instructor. This course introduces students, through a hands-on approach, to the basic computer applications, which are part of the day to day operations of the funeral home. 32 contact hours.

FSE 2060 FUNERAL DIRECTING 3 credits

Prerequisites: Admission into the Funeral Services AS program. This course will examine the responsibilities of the funeral director from the first call until the last service rendered to the family. The course will cover various religions, fraternal, military, secular, and traditional funeral customs. The funeral director's role as a counselor is emphasized. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2061 THANATOLOGY 3 credits

Prerequisite: ENC 0020 and REA 0002 or EAP 1695 or appropriate score on the placement test. This course emphasizes the psychological and sociological dynamics of death, dying, and bereavement and the funeral director's role in counseling families through the process. Students will study the symbolic and ritualistic aspects of memorialization and their impacts upon the emotional experience of the bereaved. A clear understanding of the grief process and its variations among individuals as influenced by psychological factors is addressed. The course also addresses the funeral director as a facilitating agent for effective mourning through personal interaction and the design and implementation of the funeral. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2080 FUNERAL LAW 3 credits

Prerequisite: Program Director approval. The course of study will include legal methods of disposition, legal responsibilities of the funeral practitioner, common and statutory laws, Florida laws regulating funeral practices and establishments, crematory and cemetery laws, and probate laws for estates. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2100 EMBALMING I 3 credits

Prerequisite: BSC 1083. Corequisite: FSE 2101L. This course introduces the student to embalming through a study of the history, fundamentals, legal aspects, methods terminology, sanitation, and preservation of human remains. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2101L EMBALMING CLINICAL I 1 credits

Corequisite: FSE 2100. This course provides the student with learning activities, which will include selected experiences in the funeral home preparation room. Forty (40) hours of participation in the clinical setting are required to complete this course.

FSE 2120 RESTORATIVE ART 3 credits

Prerequisites: FSE 2100, FSE 2101L. Corequisite: FSE 2120L. This course is designed to provide the student with the theories applied in restorative art procedures. The student will study the anatomical structure of the cranial and facial areas of the human skull, facial proportions and markings, methods and techniques used to restore facial features destroyed by traumatic or pathological conditions, and color and cosmetology theory. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2120L RESTORATIVE ART LAB 1 credits

Corequisite: FSE 2120. This course is a laboratory study of the anatomy of the human face with emphasis on developing the skills and procedures used in restorative art. 32 contact hours.

FSE 2140 EMBALMING II 3 credits

Prerequisites: FSE 2100, FSE 2101L. Corequisite: FSE 2141L. This course is a continuation of FSE 2100. Theories and principles of embalming, embalming chemicals, cavity treatments, and disaster management will be studied with an emphasis on application to specific cases. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2141L EMBALMING CLINICAL II 1 credits

Prerequisites: FSE 2100, FSE 2101L. Corequisite: FSE 2140. This course provides the student with learning activities which will include selected experiences in the funeral home preparation room. Application of embalming principles to specific cases is emphasized. Forty (40) hours of participation in the clinical setting are required to complete this course.

FSE 2160 FUNERAL PATHOLOGY 3 credits

Prerequisites: HSC 1524, FSE 2100. This course is designed to introduce the student to the study of the cause and effect of disease on the human body. Topics of study will include: coroner and medical examiner, terminology, and general and special pathology. Emphasis will be on the tissue changes which affect the embalming process. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2201 FUNERAL HOME MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS 3 credits

Prerequisite: FSE 2202. This course is designed to give the student an understanding of the principles of the operations of a funeral home. Topics to study will include merchandising, casket and vault construction, pre-need and at-need funeral arrangements, funeral services forms, death benefits, and vital statistics. Lecture and laboratory experience in funeral arrangements. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2202 FUNERAL HOME MANAGEMENT 3 credits

Prerequisites: BUL 2241, ACG 2001. Pre- or corequisite: FSE 1000. The study of the role and function of the funeral director as an effective manager. Emphasis is placed on small business management functions of planning, organizing, motivation, direction, and controlling in the funeral home setting. 47 contact hours.

FSE 2930 FUNERAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL REVIEW 1 credits

Pre- or corequisites: FSE 2060, FSE 2201, FSE 2140, FSE 2120, FSE 2080, FSE 2160 or program director's approval. This seminar type course will review all necessary procedures and requirements for state and national licensure as a Funeral Director and Embalmer. 17 contact hours.

FSE 2946 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICUM 5 credits

Prerequisite: Program director's approval. This course provides experience in the funeral home, under direct supervision of a licensed funeral director/embalmer, applying knowledge of theories and practices of funeral service. The student will perform duties and services as assigned by the preceptor and instructor to include surveillance of, and participation in, execution of total services rendered to the family. Service reports are required to be completed by the student. The student must register and take the National Board Examination given by the International Conference of Funeral Examining Boards. The course requires a minimum of 200 hours of supervised funeral home experience.