Mortuary Science (Pre-)

With a career in mortuary science, you’ll guide individuals through the final phase of life with skilled professionalism, honoring the deceased with dignity and respecting the wishes of their family. While pre-mortuary science is not a major itself, we’ll match you with a degree program and the necessary coursework required to prepare you for admission into a school of mortuary science.

This program will be a good fit if you:

• Have strong communication and critical thinking skills
• Are sympathetic but emotionally strong
• Have great time management skills
• Have strong business and organization skills
• Are detail-oriented
• Are compassionate and caring
• Are understanding and an active listener

With a mortuary science degree, you could work as a:

• Mortician
• Funeral director
• Embalmer
• Funeral service worker
• Coroner

Students in our mortuary science program often major in:

• Chemistry (BS)  
• Biology (BS)  
• Business Administration (BS)