Mount Ida College

The associate degree program in funeral service offers an intensive and comprehensive curriculum designed to provide you with both the insights and skills necessary to serve an increasingly sophisticated and educated public.

To give you a well-rounded education, the curriculum combines academic work in liberal arts and sciences with standard professional courses required by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and for successful completion of the National Board Examination which is administered by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards.

Graduates with an associate degree in funeral service will gain a basic understanding of death and the funeral director’s role in helping individuals, families and communities work through and resolve their grief.

Specifically, you will learn about funeral customs and rituals across a variety of ethnic backgrounds, cultures and religions, as well as general business practices such as accounting, law and professional ethics. From a technical standpoint, you will have experience in embalming, restoring, dressing, casketing and cosmetizing a dead human body – gaining the proficiency to pass both national and state or province specific funeral board examinations.

Interested in learning more? Contact the admissions team at admissions@mountida.edu for more information.