This course provides students with opportunities to acquire barbering skills in preparation for entry-level, licensed employment. Emphasis is on providing services with speed and accuracy including: hair and scalp analysis, shampooing, haircutting, shaving, facial services, and chemical services. Students will apply knowledge and skills to provide all barber services on customers in the client lab and complete preparation for Wisconsin State Barber licensing exam.

This course includes classroom and practical training sessions on the basic fundamentals needed by entry-level firefighters and meets the objectives of the Wisconsin's Firefighter I certification course. Practical training is a major part of the course. Upon completion, students are encouraged to take the certification exam for Firefighter I, State of Wisconsin. This course is equivalent to 503-142 at other WTCS schools.

In this course, students explore the Gateway Technical College community. They examine college resources and services, investigate skills that lead to academic success, and identify strategies for achieving educational and personal goals.

Students will apply safety and sanitation, facial physiology, and techniques to create a variety of facial hair designs and complete facial hair removal. Course competencies include proper infection control procedures and client safety; draping clients for facial hair services; using facial hair service tools; analyzing skin types and conditions; adapting facial hair designs for individual facial features and physiology; completing facial hair designs; and completing facial hair removal. In this course the student will analyze the skin for diseases and disorders.

This course will provide students to acquire knowledge of permanent waving. Course competencies include performing hair and scalp analysis; follow safety and sanitation procedures; explaining the physical and chemical actions that take place during chemical texture services; perform the basic perm wrap, curvature wrap, spiral wrap, bricklay wrap, and double-tool/piggy back wrap; hair relaxing applications and procedures, and reformation curl/chemical blow-out services. This class includes the following instructional methods: lecture, discussion, demonstration, and hands-on performance.

This course introduces client services performed by the barber. Emphasis is on hair and scalp analysis, shampooing, haircutting techniques, shaving, and chemical services. Students will apply knowledge and skills to provide all barber services on customers in the client lab. Skill development, increased speeds, and greater accuracy will be assessed in these lab courses.

In this course students practice building speed and accuracy in client services performed by the barber. Emphasis is on haircutting techniques, shaving, facial services, and chemical services. Students will apply knowledge and skills to provide all barber services on customers in the client lab. Skill development, increased speeds, and greater accuracy will be assessed in these lab courses.

In this course students explore client services performed by the barber. Emphasis is on hair and scalp analysis, shampooing, haircutting techniques, shaving, facial services, and chemical services. Students will apply knowledge and skills to provide all barber services on customers in the client lab. Skill development, increased speeds, and greater accuracy will be assessed in these lab courses.

This course emphasizes wet and dry hairstyling and includes hair analysis, shampooing, conditioning, reconditioning, scalp and hair treatments, and blow drying. Course competencies include analyzing the condition of a client's hair; personalizing scalp and hair treatments based on client needs; completing shampoo services; completing hair conditioning treatments; create blow-dry styles; and braid hair according to client needs. This course also emphasizes fingerwaves, pincurls, roller setting, thermal styling, and hair replacement techniques.

Students study the color wheel and the theory behind the "Law of Color." Students mix and apply temporary, semi-permanent, demi-permanent and permanent colors; Students identify the chemicals used in hair coloring services. Students practice client consultations, analysis and follow safety and sanitation procedures. Students learn procedures related to lightening techniques. They identify the products used to create and maintain these types of services. Students learn the chemistry to lightening products. They learn cap, foiling and corrective color procedures.