REQUIRED COURSE SEQUENCE (Campus and Online)

AAMI requires admitted students to complete all courses in the curriculum. All courses are listed below with the pre-requisites (i.e., a course or courses that must be taken before another course) and co-requisites (i.e., a course required to be taken in conjunction with another course), if any.

The required sequence for enrolling in courses is listed in the first column on the left of the chart. A student wishing to attend full-time or part-time, and also to be assured of completing the program in a timely manner, should follow the course listing in the categories A through K as follows:

REQUIRED COURSE SEQUENCE

Sequence Course # / Course Name Credits Pre-requisites Co-requisites
A
1  GEN 101 Communication Skills 2 none none
2  SOC 102  Death & Human Development 2 none none
3  GEN 102  Introduction to Science 2 none none
B
4 SOC 101  History of Funeral Service 2 none none
5 BUS 101  Principles of Mathematics 3 none none
6 LAW 101  Professional Ethics 1 none none
C
7 LAW 201  Business Law 2 none none
8 PHT 201  Principles of Embalming I 2 none none
9 SOC 201 Funeral Service Psychology & Counseling 3 none none
D
10 BUS 201  Funeral Home Directing 2 none none
11 GEN 313  Introduction to Chemistry 2 GEN 102 none
12 BUS 202  Small Business Management 2 none none
E
13 GEN 211   Anatomy I 3 GEN 102 none
14 GEN 212  Introduction to Microbiology 2 GEN 102 none
15  PHT 412  Clinical Embalming 1 PHT 201 none
F
16 PHT 301   Color and Cosmetics 2 none PHT 201
17 BUS 311   Accounting I 2 BUS 101 none
18 PHT 411  Chemistry for Embalmers 2 GEN 313 none
G
19 SOC 202  Sociology of Funeral Service 1 none none
20 PHT 312  Microbiology for Embalmers 3 GEN 212 none
21 BUS 411 Accounting II 2 BUS 311 none
H
22 BUS 312  Funeral Home Mgmt & Merch 2 BUS 201 none
23 GEN 311  Introduction to Pathology 2 GEN 102 none
24 BUS 314  Funeral Directing Practicum 1 none BUS 312
25 LAW 412  State Rules & Regulations 1 none BUS 312
I
26 BUS 313  Crematory & Cemetery Ops 3 BUS 201 BUS 312
LAW 201
27 GEN 312   Anatomy II 2 GEN 211 none
28 LAW 411   Mortuary Law 2 LAW 201 none
J
29 PHT 313  Principles of Embalming II 2 PHT 201 none
GEN 211 none
PHT 411 none
30 GEN 411  Anatomy III 2 GEN 312 none
31 PHT 413  Pathology for Embalmers 2 GEN 311 GEN 411
K
32 PHT 414  Principles of Embalming III 2 PHT 313 PHT 415
SOC 411
33 PHT 415  Restorative Art 3 PHT 301 PHT 414
PHT 413 SOC 411
GEN 312
34 SOC 411  Comprehensive Review 2 All Courses PHT 414
PHT 415
Total Required Credits 69