NDAC 32-04-01-26.1
Cosmetology program curriculum
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code § 32-04-01-26.1
The curriculum for students enrolled in a cosmetology program must be fifteen hundred hours of
training. A school or licensed instructor may not permit a student to render clinical services until a
student has completed twenty percent of the total hours of instruction required. The instruction in all
subject areas collectively must meet or exceed the overall minimum didactic and practical hours
required for the entire fifteen-hundred-hour cosmetology curriculum and must include:
Cleaning, disinfecting, and safety:
Didactic: 35 hours
Practical: 40 hours
Total 75 hours
Hair cutting:
Didactic: 55 hours
Practical: 145 hours
Total 200 hours
Hair styling:
Didactic: 45 hours
Practical: 130 hours
Total 175 hours
Manicuring:
Didactic: 35 hours
Practical: 65 hours
Total 100 hours
Esthetics:
Didactic: 80 hours
Practical: 120 hours
Total 200 hours
Chemical services:
To include at minimum: hair coloring, permanent waving and relaxing:
Didactic: 130 hours
Practical: 285 hours
Total 425 hours
Additional subjects and law:
Didactic: 120 hours
Practical: 30 hours
Total 150 hours
Business:
Didactic: 40 hours
Practical: 10 hours
Total 50 hours
Professionalism, ethics, and career development:
Didactic: 40 hours
Practical: 10 hours
Total 50 hours
Enrichment:
Total 75 hours
Total hours
1,500 hours