SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
MORTUARY SCIENCE AND FUNERAL SERVICE
SPRING 2000
COURSE NO., HOURS AND TITLE: MSFS 410 Funeral Service Internship - Management
LECTURE: January 18 - 20, 2000 T W R 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Room: CASA
70
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students will be assigned to a University approved
funeral home learning in actual practice situations: functional organization,
procedures, and policies of the establishment. They will perform duties
and services directly relating to the practice of funeral service as assigned
by the preceptor, licensed funeral home staff, and faculty members. These
duties will include surveillance of and participation in the execution of
total services rendered to a family. The student will perform or assist
in the performance of those other duties required for the successful operation
of a funeral facility. This will be conducted under the direct supervision
of a licensed funeral director. The course is 14 weeks in length beginning
January 18, 2000 and ending April 28, 2000.
PREREQUISITE: 2.0 GPA and completion of curriculum major except 411 and
412; concurrent enrollment in 411 and 412.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon satisfactory completion of this course, the student shall be able
to:
1. Perform all of the tasks required of a funeral director from the first
call through final
disposition.
2. Make pre-need funeral arrangements.
3. Understand the functions and procedures for managing a successful
funeral home.
4. Prepare for the National Board Exam.
The student shall actually participate in the daily routine of a licensed
funeral director. During the course, the preceptor will provide the student
with the opportunity for Ahands-on@ experience with the entire funeral directing
procedures from the first call to final disposition of the deceased. This
will include, but is not limited to, removals, working visitations, business
procedures, funeral home management, at-need and pre-need arrangements,
and other learning experiences.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
TOPICS PERCENTAGE OF TIME
I. Funeral Directing 50%
II. Funeral Home Management 50%
TEXTBOOKS:
Professional Training Schools (1996). Funeral service compend. Dallas,
TX: Professional Training Schools, Inc.
POLICIES:
1. Attendance: The preceptor will develop a work schedule for the student.
The student will be
graded according to their attendance and punctuality.
2. Deadlines: Assignments given by the internship instructor(s) are due
when scheduled.
3. Reading/Studying: Students are expected to read the compend and study
for the National
Board Exam during their internship.
4. Dress Code: Students are expected to dress according to their preceptors
requirements and
will be graded accordingly.
GRADING:
The course will be graded as follows:
Successful completion of 12 funeral directing case reports 30%
Completion of assignments 30%
Preceptors evaluation 30%
Assessment Exam 10%
Each student must complete 12 funeral directing case reports. The preceptor
must approve and sign each report. The preceptor will evaluate the student
at the end of the internship. The student will be required to complete assignments
during the internship. A list of these assignments will be provided to each
student. All assignments must be typed and submitted to the internship instructor
at regular intervals during the internship. The student should keep a copy
of all assignments submitted to the internship instructor.
The grading scale will be as follows:
A = 90 - 100%
B = 80 - 89%
C = 70 - 79%
F = 69% or below
INSTRUCTOR(S):
Anthony Fleege
Office: CASA 114 Office Hours:
Phone: SIU office - 618-453-8883 (Office hours also by appointment)
Cydney Griffith
Office: CASA 18-C Office Hours:
Phone: SIU office - 618-453-7214 (Office hours also by appointment)
Derek S. Johnson
Office: CASA 213 Office Hours: M W 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Phone: SIU office - 618-453-5698 (Office hours also by appointment)
Home - 618-438-8712
Tom Shaw
Office: CASA 213 Office Hours:
Phone: SIU office - 618-453-7217 (Office hours also by appointment)
CHANGES MAY BE MADE TO THIS SYLLABUS AT THE INSTRUCTOR'S
DISCRETION
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