Esthetics 750 Hours Course Information

ESTHETICS 750 HOURS COURSE DESCRIPTION

ESTHETICS: (SOC 39-5094.00, CIP 12.0409)
The curriculum involves 750 hours to satisfy Louisiana 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 are prepared to be an entry level estheticians.
This course is taught in English. Textbooks and course materials are only offered in the English Language.

ESTHETICS 750 HOURS COURSE OVERVIEW 

Course Hours: 750 clock hours

The course is divided into pre-clinical classroom instruction and clinical service learning experiences.

  1. Pre-clinical Classroom Instruction: The first 210 hours are devoted to classroom workshops where students learn design principles, technical information, and professional practices.
  2. Clinic Classroom Learning Experience: The remaining 540 hours are spent in the clinic classroom area where practical experience is gained.

ESTHETICS 750 HOURS COURSE OUTLINE

Your time at Paul Mitchell The School New Orleans for the esthetics program will be divided into four designations:

  1. Core Curriculum: This 210 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. 
  2. Clinic Classroom Learning Experience: You will enter a new phase of specialty classroom workshops coupled with challenging practical services that will continue to build you into a beauty industry professional.
  3. 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.
  4. Creative Curriculum: You will dress, act, and work like a beauty industry professional. You will use your own technical and therapeutic abilities, coupled with the assistance of Paul Mitchell The School New Orleans Learning Leaders, to prepare for your future beauty industry career.

ESTHETICS 750 HOURS COURSE SUBJECTS

The instructional program of Paul Mitchell The School New Orleans meets or exceeds the state requirements:

Subject Practical Application Theory Hours 
1. Scientific Concepts    
a. Sanitation and Sterilization   30
b. Human Physiology   25
c. Skin Histology   10
d. Skin Diseases and Disorders   20
e. Nutrition     10
f. General Chemistry   20
2. Services    
a. Skin Analysis 40 20
b. Draping 15 10
c. Product Selections  25 5
d. Cleansing Procedure 50 10
e. Selecting and Employing Massage 50 10
f. Selecting and Employing Mask Therapy  50 10
g. Electricity and Various Electrical Apparatus 20 10
h. Hair Removal by Cosmetic Preparations, Threading, Waxing or 50 20
Other Similar Means 10 10
i. Hazards to Skin 10 5
j. Aromatherapy 70 20
k. Spa 75 20
3. Louisiana Cosmetology Act and Rules and Regulations   20
TOTAL HOURS 465 285

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 750 HOURS PROGRAM TESTING AND GRADING PROCEDURES 

The following tests and grading procedures are used to assess student learning and mastery of course content in the 750-hour course:

  1. Academic theory exams: Students must receive a grade of 80% or higher on each assigned theory exam.
  2. Core written and practical skills evaluation: Students must receive a grade of 80% or higher on each written exam and each practical skill exam in order to complete the Core program. The exams are an overview of instruction taught during the Core schedule.  All Core written and practical skill exams must be passed with a 80% in order to transition to the Clinic Classroom. If students are unable to pass each exam after two attempts, the student may be asked to withdraw from the program and re-enroll in the next available Core class start date. 
  3. Final written and practical: The written exam covers an overview of all theory instruction, Louisiana state law, and other items covered on the state esthetics exam. Students must receive a grade of 80% or higher on all final exams.
  4. Practical clinic classroom worksheets: Students must complete all clinic classroom practical worksheets. Practical worksheet completion must reflect student’s Clinic Classroom performance and guest count.