Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits5PrerequisiteBAR 100; with a grade of "P" Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionand Cosmetology Business and Professions Code Section 7321 provides that a student: (a) is not less than 17 years of age, (b) has completed the 10th grade in the public schools of this state or its equivalent. This course provides a barbering program orientation, with instruction on life skills, hazardous substances, basic labor laws, and physical and sexual assault awareness. Technical and theoretical knowledge is covered as it directly relates to the basic skills of all phases of barbering. The course material includes subjects in first aid, bacteriology, disinfecting, sanitation, decontamination, health and safety, electricity, haircutting, chemistry, hair coloring and lightening, hair structure, the pH scale, and anatomy and physiology. SCC Cosmetology Department requires the purchase of the digital version of the Pivot Point textbook package and computer program "The Lab." This course requires all necessary examinations to be passed at 75% or higher and a minimum of 500 lecture and lab hours completed in BAR 115 and 117 combined to advance to the next level. 