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Worsham College of Mortuary Science

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495 Northgate Parkway • Wheeling, IL 60090 | Phone: (847) 808-8444 | Fax: (847) 808-8493 | Email: info@worshamcollege.com

Requirements

* N/A - Diploma is not applicable for this state

** A double asterisk beside the name of the state means the student must register with the state board before  entering school

  Worsham College Entrance Requirements

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 State 

Type of License

Diploma

Associate Degree

Apprenticeship

Nebraska*

Funeral Director and Embalmer

60 semester hrs must include: 6 hrs English, 6 hrs accting, 8 hrs chem, 6 hrs biology relating to the human body, 6 hrs psych or counseling

60 semester hrs of college must include: English Composition I & II, 6 hrs accting, 8 hrs chem, 6 hrs biology relating to the human body (three of which must be Biology I), 6 hrs psych or counseling & 3 hrs humanities

• Six months before and six months after or one year after mortuary school

Nevada

Embalmer

60 semester hrs of college

60 semester hrs of college must include: English Composition I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• One year before or after school

New Hampshire

Funeral Director and Embalmer

30 semester hrs of college

30 semester hrs of college must include: English Composition I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• One year before or after school

New Jersey**

Funeral Director

60 semester hrs of college

60 semester hrs of college must include: English Composition I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• Two years before, during or after school (one year credit for school)

New Mexico

Funeral Service Practitioner License

60 semester hrs of college

60 semester hrs of college must include: English Composition I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• One year

New York**

Funeral Director

60 semester hrs of college

12 semester hrs of college must include: English Composition I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• One year residency after school

North Carolina

Funeral Director and Embalmer Funeral Service License

* N/A

Minimum 7 semester hrs of college

• One year before or after school

North Dakota

Embalmer

* N/A

60 semester hrs must include: 12 hrs comm, 15 hrs of social sciences, 18 hrs natural sciences, 9 hrs business, 6 hrs electives

• One year after school

Ohio**

Embalmer

60 semester hrs must include: 8 hrs science, 8 hrs English, 8 hrs social science, 6 hrs Fine/Applied Arts

60 quarter hrs of college must include: 8 hrs science, 8 hrs English, 8 hrs social science, 6 hrs Fine/Applied Arts Specifically must include: English Comp I & II, Biology I & a Humanities class

• One year after school

 

Funeral Director

Requires a Bachelors Degree in Mortuary Service
 

 

 

Oklahoma

Funeral Director and/or Embalmer

60 semester
hrs of college

60 semester hrs of college must include: English Comp I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• One year before, during or after school

Oregon

Funeral Practitioner

Embalmer

Minimum 7 semester
hrs of college

Minimum 12 semester hrs of college must include: English Composition I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• Two years

• One year

Pennsylvania
**

Funeral Director

60 semester hrs of college

60 semester hrs of college must include: English Comp I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• One year after school

Rhode Island

Funeral Director and Embalmer

Minimum 7 semester
hrs of college

Minimum 12 semester hrs of college must include: English Composition I & II, Biology I and a Humanities class

• Two years before or after school

 

 

 

 

 

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