The Mortuary Science Program

The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree at Mesa Community College is accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) | address: 3414 Ashland Avenue, Suite G, St. Joseph, Missouri 64506 | phone: 816-233-3747 | web: www.abfse.org

Interested in our Program?

Download the Application - updated 3/29/11 here. Caution - 23 page document.

The Mortuary Science program has as its central aim recognition of the importance of funeral service education personnel as:

• Members of a human services profession;
• Members of the community in which they serve;
• Participants in the relationship between bereaved families and those engaged in the funeral service profession;
• Professionals knowledgeable of and compliant with federal, state, provincial/territorial, and local regulatory guidelines in the geographic area where they practice as well as
• Professionals sensitive to the responsibility for public health, safety, and welfare in caring for human remains.

The program has the following objectives:

• To enlarge the background and knowledge of students about the funeral service profession;
• To educate students in every phase of funeral service and to help enable them to develop proficiency and skills necessary for the profession;
• To educate students concerning the responsibilities of the funeral service profession in the community at large;
• To emphasize high standards of ethical conduct;
• To provide a curriculum at the post-secondary level of instruction; and
• To encourage student and faculty research in the field of funeral service.

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Faculty Resource Guidebook

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