Funeral Administrant

Upon successful completion of the Funeral Administrant Certificate, students are able to demonstrate a factual, conceptual, and applied understanding of:

• Effective supervisory practices through concepts and theories, and practical experiences of supervisors.
• Improved and trusting human relationships through an understanding of the principles of effective interpersonal communication through active listening, conflict resolution, assertiveness, nonverbal awareness, and consideration of the role of the self-concept.
• Communication and management theory, as well as practical hands-on experience of special event research, planning, coordinating, marketing, management, and implementation.
• The history and evolution of the art and science of funeral service in North America.
• The relationship of social, religious, and spiritual beliefs, traditions, to funeral service practices and legal and ethical responsibilities of funeral service professionals.
• The basic principles and practices of Business Law include an introduction to law and its application in the business world.
• Business ethics; the judicial process and court systems; the constitutional grounds for business regulation; personal, real, and intellectual property; contracts, sales, employment law, business organizations including partnerships and corporations; and government regulations of business.
• Role of funeral service professionals including legal procedures and practices related to notification of death, transfer and disposition of bodies, arrangement conferences, procedures for fraternal, military and celebrity funerals, pre-planned funerals, and post-arrangement follow-up.
• Principles and practices of United States jurisprudence as applied to funeral service professional practice and business operations.. Sources of law, legal status of the dead human body, duty of burial, right to control funeral arrangements, final disposition, liability for funeral expenses; torts involving the dead human body and the funeral director; wills, estate, and probate proceedings; cemeteries; state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to funeral service; and the legal duties of a licensed funeral director/embalmer.
• Basic knowledge of a cross-section of religious, spiritual, and ethnic heritage practices to planning funeral services.
• The identification, care, handling, and design of florals.
• Food and beverage service, laws and permits, security, advertising, promotion, and coordination.