Worsham College of Mortuary Science

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


	About Worsham College

Objectives of the College

Worsham College recognizes the importance of funeral service education personnel as

members of a human service profession;
members of the community in which they serve;
participants in the relationship between bereaved families and those engaged in the funeral service profession;
professionals knowledgeable of and compliant with federal, state, and provincial/territorial, and local regulatory guidelines, (in the geographic area where they practice), as well as
professionals sensitive to the responsibility for public health, safety and welfare in caring for human remains.

To provide a quality educational program to those students interested in pursuing funeral service as a profession.

To educate students concerning the responsibilities of the funeral service profession to the community at large.

II.

To expand the background of students concerning the funeral service profession.

III.

To emphasize high standards of ethical conduct.

IV.

To educate the student in every phase of funeral service, and to help enable them to develop the proficiency and skills necessary for the profession.

To provide the student with a distinguished faculty of funeral service professionals who are experts in their field of instruction.

VI.

To encourage research in the field of funeral service.

VII.

To encourage students to capitalize upon the opportunities available to them by joining state and national associations.

VIII.

To provide a quality education at the post secondary level for a highly respected profession.