ProgramCIP 12.0302

Funeral Direction/Service

A program that prepares individuals for professional licensure as funeral directors and as managers of funeral homes, cemeteries, and related services. Includes instruction in the sociology of death and dying, psychology of grief and grief counseling, history of funeral service, funeral direction, business law, funeral service law, funeral home management, accounting and related computer operations, and funeral services marketing and merchandising.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).