Welcome to Cosmetology!
Cosmetology Program
Nail Technician
Solano College’s Cosmetology program consists of sixteen hundred (1600) hours of intensive training and study designed to prepare you to take the California State Board of Cosmetology examination for licensure. Units include theory and practice in fundamental skills in all phases of beauty culture. Assignment of units is based on hours in attendance. See the Course Description portion of the Catalog for prerequisite requirements for admission to the program.
Cosmetology transfer students will be accepted on a space-available basis providing they have not achieved more than 500 certified hours of training.
A career in cosmetology offers men and women personal satisfaction and financial security in one of the nation’s largest industries. It provided a pleasant environment with year-round employment at better than average salary and full-time and part-time employment wherever the professional lives or travels.
Licensed graduates may be employed as hair dressers, salon managers or owners, hair coloring specialists, hair stylists, make-up artists, facial specialists, manicurists, nail technicians, wig stylists, manufacture’s field representatives, demonstrators and lecturers, receptionists, laboratory technicians and cosmetic buyers. Solano College graduates are in demand for immediate employment.
Students enrolling in the Cosmetology Program are required to purchase en equipment kit, materials card and start-up materials from the SCC Bookstore. The start-up costs exceed $900 and must be purchased by the second meeting of the class. Registration fees are additional. For more information call (707) 864-7000, ext. 389, or visit our web site: www.solano.edu.
| Required Courses | Units | |
| COSM 100– Cosmetology I | 5 | |
| COSM 101—Cosmetology II | 15 | |
| COSM 102—Cosmetology III | 15 | |
| 45 |
Recommended Electives:
| COSM 103, 104A, 104B, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118A, 118B, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175 |
| OCED 090, 091 |
| Required Courses | Unit | |
| COSM 171—Manicure Practices | 3 | |
| COSM 172—Pedicure Practices | 3 | |
| COSM 173—Artificial Nails | 3 | |
| COSM 174—Nail Systems | 3 | |
| 12 |
To achieve the…
Associate in Science Degree —
Completion of a minimum of 66 units, including the major of at least 45
units and the general education requirements.
Certificate of Achievement — Completion of the 45-unit major.
*All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.
This page last updated 8/28/08 by Jamie Smith.