Esthetics course description
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 39-5094.00
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code 12.0409
The curriculum involves 750 hours to satisfy Tennessee state requirements. The course includes extensive instruction and practical experience in facials, hair removal, makeup application, customer service, personal appearance and hygiene, personal motivation and development, retail skills, client record keeping, business ethics, state laws and regulations, salon-type administration, and job interviewing.
*Graduates will be prepared for an entry level esthetician position.
This course is taught in English.
ESTHETICS COURSE OVERVIEW
Course Hours: 750 clock hours
The course is divided into pre-clinical classroom instruction and clinical service learning experiences.
- Pre-clinical Classroom Instruction: The first 200 hours are devoted to classroom workshops where students learn design principles, technical information, and professional practices.
- Clinic Classroom Learning Experience: The remaining 550 hours are spent in the clinic classroom where practical experience is gained.
- Distance Education Learning Experience: Students enrolled in the program with distance education will complete a portion of their education through online learning.
ESTHETICS COURSE OUTLINE
Your time at Paul Mitchell the School Nashville for the esthetics program will be divided into four designations:
- Core Curriculum: This 190-hour time period is dedicated to exploring foundational knowledge and basic esthetics facial, hair removal, and makeup procedures. You will receive individual attention in practical workshops, and you will complete monthly worksheets and periodic tests throughout the course. This is an intense and exciting portion of your experience.
- Clinic Learning Experience: You will enter a new phase of elective classroom workshops coupled with challenging practical services that will continue to build you into a confident skin care therapist.
- Classroom Learning Experience: During this phase of your learning, you will be introduced to guest speakers, prescriptive selling, motivation, self-improvement, body treatments, and emerging technologies. You will use your own technical and therapeutic abilities, coupled with the assistance of Learning Leaders, to provide service to guests. You will make discoveries and learn relationship building skills that will ensure your success in this exciting, diverse field.
- Creative Curriculum: You will dress, act, and work like a true professional. You will use your own technical and therapeutic abilities, coupled with the assistance of Paul Mitchell The School Nashville Learning Leaders, to prepare for your future beauty industry career.
ESTHETICS COURSE SUBJECTS
The instructional program of Paul Mitchell the School Nashville meets or exceeds these requirements. The following subjects are taught within the brick & mortar program and the hybrid program:
| Subject | Minimum Hours of Theory | Minimum Practical Operations |
|---|---|---|
| General: 150 hours | ||
| Sterilization | 15 | 10 |
| Sanitation & Bacteriology | 15 | 15 |
| Professional Ethics | 20 | |
| Personality | 20 | |
| Salesmanship | 20 | |
| State Law | 15 | |
| Anatomy and Physiology | 20 | |
| Chemical: 150 hours | ||
| Skin Conditions and Disorders | 40 | |
| Nutrition | 10 | |
| Aging Factors | 10 | |
| Product Ingredients and Usage | 20 | |
| Lash and Brow Tinting | 10 | 15 |
| OSHA and EPA Requirements | 5 | |
| Waxing | 10 | 30 |
| Physical: 450 hours | ||
| Massage Movements and Manipulations | 25 | 45 |
| Masks and Packs | 20 | 35 |
| Facial Treatments With the Use of Machines | 40 | 50 |
| Facial Treatments Without the Use of Machines | 35 | 45 |
| Skin Analysis and Consultation | 15 | |
| Application of all Products and Machines | 25 | |
| Color Psychology | 20 | |
| Make-up | 20 | 15 |
| Corrective Make-up | 10 | 15 |
| Arching | 15 | 20 |
| TOTAL HOURS | 455 | 295 |
The institution offers employment assistance to help graduates’ efforts to secure education-related employment that includes, but is not limited to training in professionalism, resume’ development, job interview preparation and job search skills.
ESTHETICS PROGRAM TESTING AND GRADING PROCEDURE
The following tests and grading procedures are used to assess student learning and mastery of course content in the 750-hour course:
- Weekly theory exams: Students must receive a grade of 80% or higher on each weekly theory exam.Depending on the length of the module, theory exams will occur weekly or bi-monthly, within the 10% of distance education hours.The theory exams will evaluate the student’s academic performance for each subject of the distance education curriculum.
- Core written and practical skills evaluation tests: Students must receive a grade of 80% or higher.The Core practical skills evaluation must be completed within the school facility and cannot be taken through distance education.
- Final written and practical: The written test covers an overview of all theory instruction, Tennessee state law, and other items covered on the state aesthetics exam.Students must receive a grade of 85% or higher on all final exams.Final Written Exam and Practical must be completed within the school facility and cannot be taken through distance education.
- Clinic practical worksheets: Students must complete all clinic practical worksheets.