Cosmetology

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Our Cosmetology program prepares individuals to care for hair, nails, and skin with emphasis on hygiene, sanitation, customer relations, and salon management. Classes are held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m five days a week in a modern facility especially designed for the program. 

• Students are only accepted during the fall semester at the Senatobia and Oxford campuses.  

• Students are accepted both fall and spring semesters at the Ashland campus.  

• The cosmetology program is based on clock hours (1500 hours) rather than semester credit hours and takes three semesters (12 months) to complete. 

Special admissions requirements: 

• Complete an application for admissions to the college 

• Complete an Application to the Cosmetology program. 

• Applicants must be at least 17 years old.  

• Have a high school diploma or GED/HISET equivalency on file with the admissions office 

• Must have an ACT subscore of 15 in math and a subscore of 15 in reading. 

• Have official ACT scores on file with the admissions office 

• Confirm with the admissions office that high school transcript or GED/HISET transcript and all previous college course transcripts have been received in the admissions office. 

• Admissions to the Cosmetology Program is based on a scoring rubric 

• Admissions to the college does not guarantee admissions to the program. 

Advisers: Wilburn (Ashland);  Shappley (LYTC), Aldridge (Senatobia)

• Offered at Senatobia campus, Benton County/NWCC Career-Tech Center (Ashland), Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center (Oxford)

Career Certificate

Programs

• Cosmetology

Courses

• COV 1122 - Cosmetology Orientation
• COV 1245 - Cosmetology Sciences I
• COV 1255 - Cosmetology Sciences II
• COV 1263 - Cosmetology Sciences III
• COV 1426 - Hair Care I
• COV 1436 - Hair Care II
• COV 1443 - Hair Care III
• COV 1522 - Nail Care I
• COV 1532 - Nail Care II
• COV 1542 - Nail Care III
• COV 1622 - Skin Care I
• COV 1632 - Skin Care II
• COV 1642 - Skin Care III
• COV 1722 - Salon Business I
• COV 1732 - Salon Business II
• COV 2816 - Cosmetology Teacher Training I
• COV 2826 - Cosmetology Teacher Training II
• COV 2836 - Cosmetology Teacher Training III
• COV 2846 - Cosmetology Teacher Training IV

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