Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

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Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today’s world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named “Best Institutional Facility” by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunites for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Top 10 finalist for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America’s community colleges.
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St. Philip’s College

St. Philip’s College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College is named in the top 150 community colleges in the nation by Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Mortuary Science, A.A.S.

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The Associate of Applied Science in Mortuary Science is the minimum requirement for a student to be eligible to take the National Board Exam in funeral directing and embalming. Successful completion of the curriculum enables the student to seek licensure as a funeral director and embalmer.

With this award, you may seek jobs such as:

Funeral Director and Embalmer

Related Awards:

Funeral Director, Level II Certificate

Total Credit Hours Required: 60

Semester I

ENGL 1301 - Composition I
MRTS 1301 - Contemporary Funeral Service Practices ***
MRTS 1330 - Funeral Service Internship Orientation ***
PSYT 1325 - Death and Dying
MRTS 1342 - Mortuary Management I

Semester II

MRTS 1225 - Thanatochemistry
MRTS 2335 - Mortuary Jurisprudence
MRTS 2342 - Mortuary Management II
BIOL 2404 - Human Anatomy and Physiology
PSYC 2301 - General Psychology

Semester III

Select 1 course from Language, Philosophy & Culture (40) Core or Creative Arts (50) Core

Semester IV

MRTS 1272 - Funeral Service Arts Board Preparation
MRTS 1286 - Internship-Funeral Services and Mortuary Science
MRTS 2432 - Human Anatomy
MRTS 2445 - Technical Procedures I
SPCH 1311 - Introduction to Speech Communication

Semester V

ENGL 1302 - Composition II
MDCA 1302 - Human Disease / Pathophysiology
MRTS 1273 - Funeral Service Sciences Board Preparation
MRTS 2447 - Technical Procedures II

Milestone Course(s)

*** denotes Milestone course(s)

A milestone course is a course that is critical for success in this program as determined by the Faculty of the Alamo Colleges District.

Notes:

CIP Code: 12.0301

Major Code: MORT

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