Cosmetology Beauty Salon Management

Program Description
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 Salon Management Program Campus Salon
Planning Sheets
Pedicure Salon Management Program
 


The Beauty Salon Management program offers students who complete the Cosmetology program an opportunity to earn an Associate degree (AAAS) by completing additional requirements in marketing and/or management (10 credits) and general education (19-21 credits.) The Beauty Salon Management program is designed to prepare students to successfully own, operate or manage a beauty salon. Students can select a variety of courses in management, supervision, marketing, salesmanship, advertising, and retailing from the electives list.

Through the general education curriculum students build their communication and interpersonal skills.

Admission to the Certificate and Degree program is by waiting list. All interested students should call (206) 542-5056 to request a brochure be mailed to them.

Next, interested students will need to attend an information session. Session dates and times are listed in the brochure.

Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this program will be able to:
  1. Successfully interact with customers and build a clientele.

  2. Perform hair care and styling services such as permanent waving, hair coloring and lightening, chemical relaxing, scalp treatments, shampooing, cutting, shaping, setting and combing techniques.

  3. Perform nail and skin care services such as manicuring and pedicuring, skin analysis, make-up application, facials and superfluous hair removal.

  4. Perform appropriate safety and sanitation procedures related to all hair, skin and nail services.

  5. Conduct typical business transactions such as making appointments, cashiering and inventory.

  6. Manage daily salon operations, purchase supplies, supervise staff, and effectively promote products and services.

  7. Create a five-year business plan.

Prerequisites
All students new to Cosmetology must have an interview and approval of the lead instructor before registering for this program. Contact a program advisor for more information on entrance requirements:

AAAS DEGREE  
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Eng 101 Composition and Expository Prose – or –
BusAd 252 Professional Communications............		 5 cr
BusAd 175 Business Mathematics................. 5
Cos 154 Human Relationship Skills................ 3
PE 292 First Aid & Safety ....................... 3
Multicultural Education: See Approved List............. 3-5

CORE REQUIREMENTS		  
Cos 101 Theory of Cosmetology 1.................. 5cr
Cos 102 Theory of Cosmetology 2.................. 5
Cos 103 Theory of Cosmetology 3.................. 5
Cos 151 Clinical Practice I...................... 18
Cos 152 Clinical Practice II...................... 10
Cos 201 Salon Business Operations................ 5
Cos 251 Clinical Practice III...................... 10
Cos 252 Clinical Practice IV..................... 9
Cos 253 Clinical Practice V...................... 9
Cos 265 Cosmetology Final Assessment............. 3
Cos 260 Advanced Haircutting & Styling.............. 2
BusAd 270 Entrepreneurship..................... 5
  If you attended part-time your first four quarters, you need to complete the following core requirements instead of
Cos 151, 152: 		 
Cos 148 Clinical Practice Ia..................... 9
Cos 149 Clinical Practice IIb..................... 4.5
Cos 150 Clinical Practice IIIc..................... 9
Cos 155 Clinical Practive IVd..................... 4.5

ELECTIVES		  
 

Choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following courses:

  
Acctg 101 Practical Accounting I ................... 5cr
BusAd 100 Bus. Intro Analysis.................... 5
BusAd 152 Fundamentals of Business
Communications...........................		 5
BusAd 200 Essentials of Supervision................ 5
BusAd 250 Introduction to Law.................... 5
BusAd 120 Principles of Marketing................. 5
BusAd 130 Salesmanship...................... 5
BusAd 150 Retail Marketing..................... 5
BusAd 230 Advertising......................... 5
BusAd 135 Customer Service.................... 3
BusTc 100 Beginning Keyboarding................. 5
CIS 105 Computer Applications................... 5
SpCmu 101 Speech Communication................ 5
Total credits required......................... 114-117

Attendance in the Summer Quarter is mandatory for all students in the Cosmetology program. Cosmetology quarters are 11 weeks in length.

Program Planning Sheet
This gives students information on the courses required to complete this degree.

Beauty Salon Management and Cosmetology
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