Esthetic Sciences


The program prepares students for entry-level positions in salons, day spas or medical settings such as medi-spas, dermatologist, or plastic surgery centers. Future employment may include esthetician, sales representative for product lines, or make-up artists.


Students participate in realistic training through the student-operated clinic on campus. Students perform services on live models. Services performed include facials, temporary hair removal, makeup, body wrap techniques, chemical peels, electricity therapies, and microdermabrasion. Curriculum includes all related first aid, safety, and sanitation procedures.

This program is approximately four quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements.

Included in this program are academic courses in communication, quantitative reasoning, and social sciences that provide knowledge and abilities upon which technical skills are built and personal development enhanced.

Students pursuing an AAT or AAS-T degree must complete all college degree requirements prior to graduation. This includes courses that meet the capstone project, diversity, and computer literacy requirements.

Prerequisite: High School Diploma or GED required

Admission Dates: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer quarters

Program Requirements

Catalog No.

Course Name

Credits

ES 103

Skin Physiology & Histology I

4

ES 106

Facial Procedures I

4

ES 112

Temporary Hair Removal I

3

ES 115

Makeup Application Techniques I

2

ES 117

Skin Care & Body Wraps I

3

ES 121

Skin Physiology & Histology II

4

ES 129

Makeup Application Techniques II

2

ES 109

Machine Facials, Electricity, & Light Therapy

4

ES 122

Salon Management & State Laws I

2

ES 124

Facial Procedures II

4

ES 127

Temporary Hair Removal II

4

ES 131

Skin Care & Body Wraps II

3

ES 147

Salon Management & State Laws II

2

ES 199

Chemistry for Esthetics

3

ES 201

Pharmacology for Estheticians

3

ES 205

Introduction to Esthetic Medical Office Procedures

4

ES 211

Infection Control for Medical Estheticians

1

ES 216

Camouflage Makeup

2

ES 221

Medical Esthetics Procedures

6

ES 227

Medical Esthetic Machinery

4

ES 230

Patient Education

1

ES 236

Independent Research Project for Medical Esthetics

2

ES 240

Business Skills & Professional Development for Medical Esthetics

5

ES 242

Laser Theory

4

ES 252

Advanced Cosmetic Chemistry

2

ES 256CAP

Clinical Laboratory for Medical Esthetics

10

CMST& 220

Public Speaking

5

MAT 105

Math for Industrial Professions (or higher)

5

PSYC& 100

General Psychology (or other social science or humanities class)

5

BIOL& 175

Human Biology w/Lab (BIOL 118 will be accepted through 2015)

5

Total Credits for Completion

108

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