This course combines theory and practice of hairstyling to include the anatomy and physiology, preparation, practice, and procedures related to hairstyling along with the associated materials and implements. Students will practice safety procedures and styling techniques including wet styling, blow drying, fingerwaving, airwaving, and hair pressing. Students will perform consultations with clients including hair analysis, recommendations, and recordkeeping. This is a four credit hour course. Prerequisites: COSM 111, COSM 112, COSM 115, COSM 132, and COSM 142.

This is a Career course preparing students for a cosmetology state licensure. Credits earned at NMJC will transfer to most private/public institutions offering licensure programs. Any general Education course credits earned as part of an associate Degree Program may or may not transfer to another college or university.

Required:

Required Material:
TEXTBOOK: Milady Standard Professional Barbering
ISBN-13:9781435497153
WORKBOOK: Milady Standard Barbering Student Workbook
ISBN-13:9781435497139
New Mexico Board of Barber State Regulation Book
SUPPLIES:
1 5” 3 ring binder
1 2” 3 ring binder
2 #2 pencils
2 black ink pens only
Highlighters
Notebook paper

UNIFORM
The Barber Student Uniform includes the following:
1. State issued clothing
2. Black barber smock sized to fit
3. Black or white tennis shoe
4. Socks must be worn at all times
5. Hair must be kept neat
6. Jewelry must be simple in design, kept to a minimum and professionally appropriate.
Wedding bands, watches, and simple necklaces are allowed.
7. Cleanliness of body, teeth, fingernails, and hair, uniform and shoes is required.
Student not adhering to this rule will be sent home
8. A Barber must be clean and practice good personal hygiene.
9. A beard, mustache, and/or sideburns must be neat, trimmed, and well groomed.
ALL UNIFORMS ARE MEANT TO BE WORN IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND AT ALL TIMES WHILE IN CLASSROOM.

Suggested:

None.

You can buy your books online at the NMJC Bookstore.

Students attending New Mexico Junior College will be evaluated according to the following grading scale:

						90 - 100%	=	A
						80 -  89%	=	B
						70 -  79%	=	C
						60 -  69%	=	D
					 	 0 -  59%	=	F

You will be evaluated according to the following grading scale (*note: different than NMJC policy)

A = 100-94
B = 93-87
C = 86-80

Attendance 25%
Professionalism 10%
Special Projects 5%
Practical 25%
Exam 25%
Finals 25%

The New Mexico Junior College Cosmetology Department standards for all courses is set at an 80% passing grade to take the state test for licensure.
Students are expected to be on time for class
***NOTE: YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN 80% or Better

New Mexico Junior College’s institutional student learning outcomes represent the knowledge and abilities developed by students attending New Mexico Junior College. Upon completion students should achieve the following learning outcomes along with specific curriculum outcomes for respective areas of study:

• Communication
• Comprehend information to summarize, analyze, evaluate, and apply to a specific situation.
• Communicate in an accurate, correct, and understandable manner.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Define a problem and arrive at a logical solution.
• Use appropriate technology and information systems to collect, analyze, and organize information.
• Apply critical thinking, analysis, and problem solving to data.
• Self and Community
• Analyze and reflect on the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and / or scientific issues.
• Communicate an awareness of a variety of perspectives of ethical issues.
• Interact with individuals and within groups with integrity and awareness of others’ opinions, feelings and values.

The objectives of this course is to cover the basic concept fundamentals of hairstyling theory
infection control and safety pertaining to hairstyling client consultation
Create design considerations for personal appearance.
Skills in the full range of the Cosmetology field: hair cutting, hair styling, sanitizing, manicuring/pedicuring, and salon ownership and business practices. Must pass examination conducted by the New Mexico Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists, or other cognizant. State Board Course is designed to meet the New Mexico requirements.

Upon completion of this course a student should have had an opportunity to
Demonstrate guidelines for form and texture,
combine with direction and movement to create hairstyle, primary hairstyling considerations,
fundamentals of hairstyling theory
Related Theory: Anatomy: Physiology: Preparation, Procedure and Practice: Products, Materials and Implements, Hair Analysis and Client Consultation, Wet Styling, Blow Drying, Finger Waving, Air Waving, Hair Pressing, Braiding, Corn Rowing, Client Consultation and Recommendations, Client Record Keeping and Safety.

ATTENDANCE: (New Mexico Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists Regulations)
Regular, punctual attendance is required for all classes in the Barber program.
The Cosmetology faculty believes that attendance and punctuality is required at every session
of each course for which the student is enrolled.
Therefore, you MUST be present at your assigned time. An attendance policy is included in
every course syllabus. When unavoidable circumstances make attendance impossible, students
must provide a satisfactory explanation of their absences to their professor verbally and in writing.
Unavoidable circumstances are considered but not limited to: accidents, death, court ordered subpoenas, medical, attorney visits / phone calls.
Students are expected to be on time for class
***NOTE: YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN 100% ATTENDANCE FOR EACH SEMESTER.
For faculty to consider any exception to this policy, the following guidelines must be adhered to:
* As an NMJC/LCCF Barber program student, you will be expected to maintain a minimum
of 100% attendance for the semester
* When an NMJC/LCCF Barber student is absent, he will receive a recorded
absence, against the 100% attendance requirement.
• You will be dropped from the program if you are absent for more than 3 days (12 hours) this semester.
• A “tardy” will be defined as missing a total of ½ day (2 hours in total). Two (2) tardies will equal 1 full absence.
• You will be given the opportunity to retake a failed exam (except for mid terms, finals) (1) one time only. Your highest grade will be recorded.
• Students enrolled in the Barber Program will adhere to the rules and regulations of Lea County Correctional Facility.
The student must have satisfactorily completed the practical and theoretical curriculum requirements
set forth by New Mexico Junior College. Those requirements must include documentation that the
student has satisfactorily completed each unit of study prescribed by the board in the applicable course of study.

Students will be held responsible for the information on these pages.

Academic Honesty
Each student is expected to maintain the highest standards of honesty and integrity in online academic and professional matters. The College reserves the right to take disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal, against any student who is found guilty of academic dishonesty or otherwise fails to meet these standards. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, dishonesty in quizzes, tests, or assignments; claiming credit for work not done or done by others; and nondisclosure or misrepresentation in filling out applications or other College records. Cheating or gaining illegal information for any type of graded work is considered dishonest and will be dealt with accordingly.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information
Any student requiring special accommodations should contact the Special Needs Student Services Coordinator at (575) 492-2576 or by e-mail at specialneeds@nmjc.edu.

Attendance Policy
Attendance is required at every session of each course for which the student is enrolled. When unavoidable circumstances make attendance impossible, students must provide a satisfactory explanation of their absences to their professors. College-sponsored activities are considered excused absences and the appropriate sponsor of those students who will be absent from class will notify professors. Students having absences due to college-sponsored activities will need to make arrangements with the affected classes / professor to take care of required work; however, arrangements for make-ups should be made within a reasonable time frame, usually within one week of the absence. Regarding make-up work, absences due to late registration are considered the same as regular absences.

Cell Phones/Pagers
All cell phones and pagers must be turned off when the student is participating in any lecture, laboratory, or other learning activity.

Classroom Conduct
The professor is responsible for maintaining a class environment best suited for effective learning. By registering for this class, the student is assumed to have entered into an agreement with New Mexico Junior College and the professor to attend the class regularly and to behave in an appropriate manner at all times. Disruptive behavior may result in the student being removed from the class.

Food and Drink Policy
Food items and soft drinks may not be consumed in NMJC classrooms. Students are also discouraged from bringing food and drink items into the classroom even though these items remain in sealed packaging. Bottled water is permissible.

No Children in the Classroom
In order to adhere to instructional procedures as well as maintain the safety of children, NMJC’s policy of no children in the classrooms (lecture, lab, etc.) will be followed.

Plagiarism
Offering the work of another as one’s own, without proper acknowledgment, is plagiarism; therefore, any student who fails to give credit for quotations or essentially identical expression of material taken from books, encyclopedias, magazines and other reference works, or from the themes, reports, or other writings of a fellow student, is guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism violates the academic honesty policy and is considered cheating.

Smoking/Use of Tobacco
New Mexico Junior College is cognizant of the health hazards associated with smoking / use of tobacco for the smoker, as well as the non-smoker. In an effort to provide a healthy environment for students, employees, and others who may frequent the campus, NMJC prohibits smoking / use of tobacco inside any campus building or facility.

Tutoring Assistance
Free tutoring services are available to all NMJC students through Brainfuse and the Academic Success Center located in Mansur Hall room 123 and 124.

Withdrawal Policy
Regular, punctual attendance is required for all classes at NMJC. Although the professor has the right to drop any student who has missed the equivalent of 2 weeks of instruction (based on a 16 week semester) whether it’s a face to face, online, or a hybrid course, it is not guaranteed that the professor will drop the student. If the student chooses to stop attending a class, he/she should withdraw from the class by accessing your student account in the T-Bird Web Portal at www.nmjc.edu, or submitting the required paperwork to the Registrar’s Office by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, 2017. All students are encouraged to discuss their class status with the professor prior to withdrawing from the class.