Dec 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Edgewood College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Edgewood College Catalog

Thanatology, Funeral Service and Aftercare for Funeral Professionals Post-Master’s Certificate


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Funeral professionals work within communities and are often the first point of contact after a family member dies. This certificate will offer funeral professionals the tools they need to create and implement excellent aftercare programs for their communities.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discern, reflect upon, and evaluate student’s own relationship with death and grief, both as an individual and a member of society
  • Examine best practices in end-of-life care and grief support
  • Develop a course in an area of expertise that meets the individual learning needs of a diverse student population
  • Examine and evaluate the purposes and practices for ceremonies and rituals, in order to help families plan more meaningful funeral services

Program Requirements


All post-master’s certificates are 12 credits, and all require THN600: Introduction to Thanatology or its equivalent (after consultation with the program director, this course might be waived). THN600 need be taken only once and can be applied to subsequent certificates, or students may choose a fourth course in its stead.

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