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FSED 1070 - Funeral Service Merchandising


Credit hours: 2

Prerequisites: Admission to the AAS/FSED Program

FSED 1010 - History and Sociology of Funeral Service  

Course Description:
This course introduces the practical aspects of product knowledge and merchandising for caskets, outer burial containers, and other related funeral service merchandise. 

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

  1. the value of acquiring comprehensive product knowledge for the different types of funeral service merchandise sold in the funeral home setting, as well as the importance of sharing this information with the client family.
  2. the effective presentation of funeral service merchandise to the client family, which includes the use of the educational or demonstration grouping of merchandise.
  3. the types of effective methods used to display a variety of funeral service merchandise items in the funeral home setting.
  4. the effective methods of pricing funeral service merchandise, as well as utilizing sales analysis to determine the effectiveness of the merchandising plan.