Hair Designer Technical Certificate of Credit HD21

The Hair Designer Technical Certificate of Credit is a sequence of courses that prepares students for careers in the field of hair design. Learning opportunities develop academic and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes specialized training in safety, sanitation, state laws, rules, and regulations, chemistry, anatomy and physiology, hair and scalp diseases and disorders, hair treatments and manipulations, hair shaping, hair styling, artificial hair, braiding/intertwining hair, chemical reformation and application, hair coloring, hair lightening, reception, sales, management, and work ethics. The curriculum meets state licensing requirements of the State Board of Cosmetology. Satisfactory completion of all program courses entitles students to sit for the Georgia State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers Hair Designer Licensure. Practicing hair design in the state of Georgia requires this license. The exams are not part of the program or cost of the program.

Minimum Test Scores:

Next Gen. ACCUPLACER

Reading: 224
Writing: 236
Arithmetic: 229

Curriculum

Program Courses

COSM 1000Intro to Cosmetology Theory

4

COSM 1010Chemical Texture Services

3

COSM 1020Hair Care and Treatment

3

COSM 1030Haircutting

3

COSM 1040Styling

3

COSM 1050Hair Color

3

COSM 1080Physical Hair Services Practicum

3

COSM 1090Hair Services Practicum I

3

COSM 1100Hair Services Practicum II

3

COSM 1110Hair Services Practicum III

3

COSM 1115Hair Services Practicum IV

2

COSM 1120Salon Management

3

Minimum Length of Program: 4 term(s)

Total Credit Hours: 36