Esthetics Course Information

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ESTHETICS COURSE DESCRIPTION

Esthetics: Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 39-5094.00
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code 12.0409
The curriculum involves 600 hours to satisfy Rhode Island state requirements. The course includes 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 for an entry level esthetician.

This course is taught in English. Textbooks and course materials are only offered in the English Language.

ESTHETICS COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Hours: 600 clock hours

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

  1. Pre-clinical Classroom Instruction: The first 190 hours are devoted to classroom workshops, demonstration, and practical experience. You will learn esthetics principles, technical information, and professional practices.
  2. Clinic Learning Experience: The remaining 410 hours are spent in the clinic classroom area, gaining practical experience.

ESTHETICS COURSE OUTLINE

Your time at Paul Mitchell The School Rhode Island Esthetics Program will be divided into four designations:

  1. Core Curriculum: This 190-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 mini-classes coupled with challenging practical services that will continue to build you into a confident skin care therapist.
  3. Classroom 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 skin therapist professional. You will use your own technical and therapeutic abilities, coupled with the assistance of Paul Mitchell The School Rhode Island Learning Leaders, to prepare yourself for your future beauty industry career.

ESTHETICS COURSE SUBJECTS

The instructional program of Paul Mitchell The School Rhode Island meets or exceeds the state requirements:

Subject Practical Application Theory Hours
  1. Introduction consisting of:
    1. History of esthetics
    2. An overview of the curriculum
   4
  1. Personal, client, and salon safety including:
    1. Aseptic techniques and sanitary procedures
    2. Disinfection and sterilization methods and procedures
    3. Health risk to the esthetician
 150 6
  1. Business and salon management consisting of:
    1. Developing clients
    2. Professional image
    3. Professional ethics
    4. Professional associations
    5. Advertising
    6. Public relations
 12 10
  1. Legal issues including:
    1. Malpractice liability
    2. Regulatory agencies
    3. Tax laws
   3
  1. The human immune system
   1
  1. Diseases and disorders of the skin including:
    1. Bacteriology
    2. Sanitation
    3. Sterilization
    4. Contamination
    5. Infection controls
   20
  1. Implements, tools, and equipment for esthetics
   2
  1. First aid
 3 2
  1. Anatomy
   5
  1.  Science of basic esthetics
   4
  1. Analysis of the skin
 50 4
  1. Physiology of the skin
   5
  1.  Facials, manual and mechanical
 30 4
  1. Chemistry for basic esthetics
   4
  1. Limited chemical exfoliation, including:
    1. Pre-exfoliation consultation
    2. Post-exfoliation treatments
    3. Chemical reactions
 60 6
  1. Temporary removal of superfluous hair by waxing and advanced waxing
 75 4
  1. Treatment of the skin
 15 1
  1.  Pack and mask
 25 2
  1. Application for makeup including:
    1. Application of artificial eyelashes
    2. Arching of the eyebrows
    3. Tinting of the eye lashes and eyebrows
 10 5
  1. Medical devices
 22 7
  1. Basic facial
   2
  1. Chemistry of cosmetics
 30 7
  1. Skin treatment, manual and mechanical
    
  1. Massage of the face and neck
 5  
  1. Natural nail manicures and pedicures
 5  
TOTAL HOURS  492 108
TOTAL CLOCK HOURS 600

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 PROGRAM TESTING AND GRADING PROCEDURE

The following tests and grading procedures are incorporated during the student’s 600-hour course:

  1. Academic theory exams: Students must receive a grade of 70% or higher on each assigned theory exam.
  2. Core written and practical skills evaluation: Students must receive a grade of 70% 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 70% 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 exam: This test is an overview of all related esthetics subjects (e.g., anatomy, chemistry, etc.). Students must receive a grade of 70% or higher on all final tests.
  4. Clinic practical worksheets: Students must complete all clinic practical worksheets in both the esthetics program.