Barber Certificate
Valley Campus Only
Full time students meet 40 hours per week, eight hours a day. Colorado requires 1250 clock hours to be eligible for the licensing exam. The Trinidad State Junior College curriculum includes professional ethics, bacteriology, shampoo and rinses, color theory, hair coloring techniques, permanent waving, hair stying, hair cutting, shaving, facials, OSHA regulations, sanitation, safety and Colorado laws.
Students will learn job entry skills, customer communication, and shop procedures. Clinical practice involves working on the public under supervision and parallels, as close as possible, actual shop procedures in order to prepare students for working in the field.
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Barber Certificate Program
| Credits | ||
| BAR 103 | Introduction to Hair & Scalp | 1 |
| BAR 203 | Advanced Hair & Scalp | 1 |
| BAR 166 | Introduction to Facial Massage & Skin Care | 1 |
| BAR 167 | Intermediate Facial Massage & Skin Care | 1 |
| BAR 266 | Advanced Facial Massage & Skin Care | 1 |
| BAR 107 | Introduction to Shaving, Honing, & Stropping | 1 |
| BAR 108 | Intermediate Shaving, Honing, & Stropping | 1 |
| BAR 207 | Advanced Shaving, Honing, & Stropping | 1 |
| BAR 120 | Introduction to Hair Cutting | 3 |
| BAR 121 | Intermediate Hair Cutting | 3 |
| BAR 220 | Advanced Hair Cutting | 3 |
| BAR 130 | Introduction to Hair Styling | 3 |
| BAR 131 | Intermediate Hair Styling | 3 |
| BAR 231 | Advanced Hair Styling | 3 |
| BAR 140 | Intro to Permanent Waves/Chemical Relaxers | 3 |
| BAR 141 | Intermediate Permanent Waves/Chemical Relaxers | 3 |
| BAR 241 | Advanced Permanent Waves/Chemical Relaxers | 2 |
| BAR 110 | Introduction to Hair Coloring | 3 |
| BAR 111 | Intermediate Hair Coloring | 2 |
| BAR 211 | Advanced Hair Coloring | 3 |
| COS 150 | Laws, Rules, and Regulations | 1 |
| COS 250 | Management, Ethics, Interpersonal Skills & Salesmenship | 1 |
| COS 160 | Introduction to Disinfection, Sanitation & Safety | 2 |
| COS 161 | Intermediate I: Disinfection, Sanitation & Safety | 1 |
| COS 260 | Intermediate II: Disinfection, Sanitation & Safety | 2 |
| COS 261 | Advanced Disinfection, Sanitation & Safety | 1 |
| TOTAL CERTIFICATE CREDITS | 50 | |
| Associate of General Studies Degree Option (2 year) | Credits |
| Cosmetology courses | 28 |
| Communications core | 6 |
| Mathematics | 3 |
| Science | 4 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6 |
| Humanities | 6 |
| General Education Electives | 7 |
| TOTAL AGS DEGREE CREDITS | 60 |
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