Associate of Science in Pre-mortuary Science Luzerne County Community College

This is a two-year program designed to provide students with the appropriate liberal arts and science background to apply for admission to a professional mortuary school.

This program provides the student with the opportunity:

Understand content-specific knowledge in the appropriate discipline as offered in the current Science Program curriculum;

Develop the skills within the appropriate discipline to lay the foundation for continued professional development.

The graduate of this program can:

apply principles and theories in the appropriate disciplines to include Biology, Chemistry, and Physics;

collect, describe and analyze data in the appropriate scientific discipline;

communicate scientific information in a written and/or verbal format;

utilize critical thinking while problem-solving within the appropriate disciplines;

describe the techniques involved in the conduction of research in the discipline;

use basic laboratory instrumentation within the appropriate discipline;

explain the various possible areas of study in a specific discipline with regards to professional development.

Careers:

Embalmers

Funeral Attendants

Funeral Service Managers

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors