B.M.S. 毕业要求

The 辛辛那提 College of Mortuary Science (“CCMS”) 太平间学学士 (“BMS”) academic degree program is a regionally and professionally accredited four semester program consisting of sixty-two resident credit hours, including a minimum of sixty qualified* non-resident transfer credits, and including five mandatory prescribed general prerequisite courses, in accordance with the college’s admission requirements. 

Completion of the 太平间学学士 academic degree program requires, 但可能不限于:

1. Satisfactory completion of all course and program requirements.
2. Satisfactory completion of Clinical Requirements1 within the prescribed timeframe.
3. Satisfactory completion of Funeral Director Requirements2 within the prescribed timeframe.
4. 累计平均绩点为2.00 or higher and grade of “D” or better in each course.
5. Financial good standing with CCMS.
6. Satisfactory completion of the CCMS Comprehensive Examination (“Comps”) as prescribed.
7. Completion of a scheduled final exit interview with the college President or other leadership member.

The 太平间学学士 degree program requirements must be satisfactorily completed within 24 months of program enrollment or re-admission.

Upon satisfactory completion of the third semester, and upon approval of the CCMS Academic Chair, a student is officially released to sit for the Arts and Sciences sections of the National Board Examination (“NBE”) through the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Board. Successful completion of both sections of the NBE is a requirement for professional licensure in most states. 

Funeral Directing Requirements

Funeral Directing requirements are incorporated into the Capstone and Business Law curriculum. Active participation and hands-on learning in Funeral Directing includes, 但可能不限于, the specific tasks prescribed below as mandated by the American Board of Funeral Service Education. Required tasks must be completed prior to the conclusion of the third semester as prescribed.

Students must utilize the following forms:

• 首次通话记录
• 安排工作表
• FTC-compliant General Price List
• FTC-compliant Casket Price List
• FTC-compliant Outer Burial Container Price List
• 防腐授权表格
• 火葬授权表格
• 第一个电话

Students must demonstrate the process of receiving five (5) first death notification calls. This may be completed in a simulation setting.

遗体转移

Students must demonstrate the process of performing the transfer of deceased human remains. This may be completed in a simulation setting.

安排会议

Students must participate (observe or assist) in five 安排会议s. If done in a simulation setting, no more than five students may receive credit at one time (during one simulation). 

As part of the 安排会议 requirement, students must prepare the following at least one time:

• 死亡证明
• 殓葬转运许可证
• Social Security Form (Statement of Death by Funeral Director)
• 死亡通知
• 讣告
• FTC-compliant Statement of Funeral Good and Services 
• Applications and forms for 退伍军人 Flag, Burial Benefits, and Headstone/Marker

葬礼的观察

Students must observe five funeral related services. CCMS requires that one service be Roman Catholic. Three of the five must include:  Liturgical, Non-liturgical, 世俗的, 教堂, 墓地, 军事, 异卵, Memorial without the deceased present, 或其他(描述).  

获得信用, the student is required to provide documentation of the service (via service folder, 讣告, 祈祷卡, 或其他工件), his/her level of participation in the activity, and designate the participants involved (clergy, 主持仪式的人, FD, 家庭, 或其他). This may not be completed in a simulation setting.

Clinical Practice Requirements

Clinical requirements are incorporated into the Clinical Mortuary Practice (“CMP”) curriculum over the course of three semesters. Active participation through hands-on learning in Clinical practice over the course of three semesters includes, 但可能不限于, the specific tasks prescribed below as mandated by college policy. Required tasks must be completed prior to the conclusion of the third semester as prescribed.

• Thirty (30) clinical case experiences 
• Twenty (20) embalming operations
• Five (5) transfers of deceased human remains
• Five (5) cosmetic applications

Students who desire additional practical experience have ample opportunity to achieve such. See the Clinical Lab Director for available student lab assistant and nighttime intake opportunities, as well as volunteer weekend and holiday opportunities. 

Students are required to actively participate for the entirety of each semester of clinical practice even upon satisfactory completion of the prescribed minimum task requirements.