Online Funeral Service Education

Program Title: Certificate & Diploma Course in Funeral Service Education

Description: A career in Funeral service involves a variety of special skills in areas such as counseling, public relations, business, human psychology, and knowledge of funeral customs. A funeral service person supports the bereaved during the initial stages of grief, arranges for the funeral, prepares accounts, helps in the insurance and other formalities, and arranges the death certificate.

Syllabus: The course contents include details on human anatomy, principles involved in funeral service, forms of funerals, accounting and counseling. Some of the topics are:

• Human Anatomy
• Microbiology
• Funeral Operations
• Basics of Pathology
• Theories of Embalming
• Directing a funeral
• Funeral Laws
• Moral and Ethical Issues
• Counseling techniques

Accreditation: The Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools

Format of Education: Online & Correspondence courses

Language: English 

Job Opportunities: Funeral Service is a highly specialized and unique field. Funeral Service providers held about 24,000 jobs in 2002. Out of which Eleven percent were self-employed. One can choose to become a Funeral Director, Embalmer or a Funeral Counselor.

University / Institutes:

Stratford Career Institute: Stratford Career Institute is an innovative leader in the field of distance education. With thousands of students world-wide, SCI has earned its reputation in the delivery of career training. SCI offers over 50 distance education programs and have a placement assistance program too.