The Cosmetology Instructor Program prepares students for a career as a cosmetologist instructor working in the beauty industry.

This college intends to prepare Cosmetology students with the necessary skills to meet the demand of the industry through exposure to practical, theoretical, and hands experience, safety and sanitary precautions, salon management, state laws, and first aid.

SMC’s Cosmetology Department — an exciting place of color, shape, and beauty — offers the education students need to succeed in the cosmetology, skin care, and nail care industries. These well-established programs will prepare students for a career as a platform artist, educator, stylist, colorist, salon owner, sales representative, and makeup artist, as well as offer students the opportunity to work in the television and movie industries, or on cruise ships. This program prepares students to take the State board examination for a cosmetology license.

The Cosmetology program provides graduates with the necessary skills and knowledge to pass the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Examination and function as competent cosmetologists.

Galveston College’s cosmetology program is designed to train students in performance skills, safety, judgments, work habits, and to develop advantageous attitudes necessary to achieve high degrees of success.

This AAS degree is a two-year program designed for students who want to pursue a career in Cosmetology.

The TONI&GUY Cosmetology program focuses on our Classics curriculum including 11 cut and nine color techniques. Students graduate with a fundamental education in hairdressing, with expertise in products, makeup, skincare, and an understanding of the salon experience as well as how to further their professional development.

Express your creativity and gain real-world experience as a part of our in-depth, multifaceted cosmetology school. In this program, you’ll learn how to cut, color, and style hair using signature Aveda techniques and products. We’ll also cover makeup application, nail care, and business development.

The Cosmetology Program prepares students for a career as a cosmetologist working in the beauty industry. In our modern student salon, which won Modern Salon Media’s School Facilities Award, students practice advanced techniques such as balayage, hair painting, color, highlights, keratin treatments, advanced haircutting, and formal styling.

With training in the Cosmetology program, you’ll have a cosmetologist's skills, which include makeup, styling, and all aspects of skin and nail care. Additionally, you’ll also be a professionally trained hairstylist. As a Cosmetologist, you’ll be able to create the total look from hair color to nail polish.

You’ll learn as much as you want to about cosmetology. You can get the basics and get to work, or you can learn enough to be able to own your own salon.

The primary purpose of the Cosmetology courses is to train the student in basic manipulative skills, safety judgments, proper work habits and desirable attitudes necessary for entry level positions in Cosmetology or related career avenue. Our Cosmetology Courses consist of 1500 hours of instruction of both theoretical and practical skill development required for licensure by the Department of Regulatory Agencies. Theory and practice precede laboratory activities and students must complete the theory and practical for each exercise in the Basic Freshman curriculum and receive a passing grade on each exercise before being allowed to participate in laboratory activities. Theory and practice are integrated throughout the course. The Office of Barber and Cosmetologist Licensing/designated testing agency conducts all examinations in English and applicants shall submit answers in English. All education and learning environments in our school are conducted in English, to include classroom activity and clinic floor education.

Prepare for a career as a salon manager, skincare specialist, or esthetician in our Cosmetology program.

The cosmetology curriculum is designed to provide competency-based knowledge, scientific/artistic principles, and hands-on fundamentals associated with the cosmetology industry. The curriculum provides a simulated salon environment that enables students to develop manipulative skills. Course work includes instruction in all phases of professional imaging, hair design, chemical processes, skincare, nail care, multi-cultural practices, business/computer principles, product knowledge, and other selected topics. Graduates should qualify to sit for the North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Arts examination. Upon successfully passing the State Board exam, graduates will be issued a license. Employment is available in beauty salons and related businesses.

The Department of Cosmetology and Barbering includes associate degree and certificate programs which are designed to provide the necessary skills