COS 211: Advanced Short Hair Cutting Techniques

Citrus College Course Outline of Record

Citrus College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
Effective Term: Fall 2025
Credits: 1.5
Total Contact Hours: 52
Lecture Hours : 20
Lab Hours: 32
Hours Arranged: 0
Outside of Class Hours: 40
Total Student Learning Hours: 92
Prerequisite: COS 141, or COS 141A and COS 141B; COS 181.
Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000.
Transferable to CSU: No
Transferable to UC: No
Grading Method: Standard Letter

Catalog Course Description

This course focuses on short haircuts. The course will include pixie cuts, crew cuts, undercuts, graduation, disconnected cuts, square layers, fades, and tapers, using shear, clipper, clipper-over-comb, and shear-over-comb techniques. 20 lecture hours, 32 lab hours.

Course Objectives

  • Analyze hair growth patterns
  • Identify and select appropriate tools and equipment needed for select haircuts.
  • Demonstrate the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology standards in safety, sanitation, and disinfection.
  • Perform the latest short haircutting techniques and styles.
  • Recognize and recommend appropriate styling products based on each hair style and cut.

Major Course Content

Health and Safety (Review)

  1. California Board of Barbering & Cosmetology Rules and Regulations
  2. Disinfecting procedures
  3. Client protection
  4. Personal protection
  5. Equipment maintenance

Textured Hair

  1. Recognize and differentiate hair texture variations in haircutting

Haircutting Tools

  1. Shears
  2. Blending shears
  3. Clippers
  4. Trimmers
  5. Feather razor

Haircuts

  1. Pixie/crew cuts
  2. Short square layers
  3. Low, medium, and high tapers
  4. Low graduation cuts
  5. Graduated cut with clippers
  6. Undercuts
  7. Flat top
  8. Short brush tapered cut

Techniques

  1. Shears
  2. Clipper-over-comb
  3. Scissor-over-comb
  4. Clipper cutting
  5. Blending
  6. Texturizing

Hair products

Lab Content

Haircuts

  1. Pixie/crew cuts
  2. Short square layers
  3. Low, medium, and high tapers
  4. Low graduation cuts
  5. Graduated cut with clippers
  6. Undercuts
  7. Flat top
  8. Short brush tapered cut

Techniques

  1. Shears
  2. Clipper-over-comb
  3. Scissor-over-comb
  4. Clipper cutting
  5. Blending
  6. Texturizing

Product application

Examples of Required Writing Assignments

Visit a contemporary barber shop and write up a summary and critique of the experience.

Examples of Outside Assignments

Read chapters assigned in textbook

Instruction Type(s)

Lab, Lecture