SCANS Matrix
Program: Cosmetology
CIP: 12.0401
LIST ALL COURSES REQUIRED AND IDENTIFIED COMPETENCIES
Competencies
Course
Course Title
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
CSME 1505
X
X
X
CSME 2441
CSME 1310
CSME 1401
X
CSME 2202
X
X
CSME 1551
X
CSME 2439
CSME 2343
X
X
CSME 2237
CSME 2501
X
X
CSME 1453
FUNDAMENTALS OF
COSMETOLOGY
PREPARTATION FOR
STATE LICENSING
EXAMINATION
Introduction to Hair Cutting
and Related Theory
ORIENTATION TO
COSMETOLOGY
INTODUCTION TO
APPLICATION OF HAIR
COLOR
ARTISTRY OF HAIR,
THEORY & PRACTICE
ADVANCED HAIR
DESIGN
SALON DEVELOPMENT
ADVANCED
COSMETOLOGY
TECHNIQUES
PRICIPALS OF HAIR
COLORING & RELATED
THEORY
CHEMICAL
REFORMATION &
RELATED THEORY
COMPETENCY REFERENCES
8 Basic use of computers
7 Workplace Competencies: resources;
interpersonal skills; information; systems; and
technology.
6 Personal Qualities: A worker must display
responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, selfmanagement, integrity, and honesty.
5 Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make
decisions, solve problems, visualize, know how to learn, and
reason effectively.
4 Speaking and Listening: Organize ideas and communicate
orally; receive, attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages
and other cues.
3 Arithmetic or Mathematics: Perform basic computations and approach
practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of
mathematical techniques.
2 Writing: Communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing,
and create documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and
flow charts.
1 Reading: Locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and in
documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules.
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
SCANS Competencies Checklist
SCANS COMPETENCIES FOR PROGRAM Cosmetology
Competency
Course where
Competency is Assessed
Method of Assessment
1 READING: Locate, understand,
and interpret written information
in prose and in documents such
as manuals, graphs, and
schedules.
2 WRITING: Communicate
thoughts, ideas, information, and
messages in writing, and create
documents such as letters,
directions, manuals, reports,
graphs, and flow charts.
3 ARITHMETIC OR
MATHEMATICS: Perform basic
computations and approach
practical problems by choosing
appropriately from a variety of
mathematical techniques.
4 SPEAKING AND LISTENING:
Organize ideas and communicate
orally; receive, attend to,
interpret, and respond to verbal
messages and other cues.
5 THINKING SKILLS: A worker
must think creatively, make
decisions, solve problems,
visualize, know how to learn, and
reason effectively.
CSME 1505,
Multiple choice test, reading
textbook and workbook, State
board manual
CSME 1401,
Workbook and review
questions, resumes
CSME 2501,2202
Color formulation
CSME 1453
Client consultations
CSME 1451,2439
Client consultations, Color
formulations, Hair cutting
6 PERSONAL QUALITIES: A
worker must display
responsibility, self-esteem,
sociability, self-management,
integrity, and honesty.
CSME 2343
Working front desk, Client
consultations, interacting with
students and instructors
7 WORKPLACE
COMPETENCIES:
resources;interpersonal skills;
information; systems; and
technology
CSME 1310, 2237
Use of telephones, calculator,
interacting with clients, client
consultation
8 BASIC USE OF COMPUTERS CSME 2441
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
Chapter reviews and tests
Findings and Plans for
Improvements