This study attempted to investigate cosmetology-related graduate courses in 2013 and analyze related curricula in order to set
a direction for graduate programs. And to find out the necessity of each course and the students’ preference for course titles, a
questionnaire survey was conducted with 200 cosmetologists. Among them, 182 copies were collected and analyzed. From this
survey the following results were obtained. First, in terms of gender, women represented 96.2% (176) of the respondents while
men represented 3.8% (7). In terms of age, ‘40-49’ was the highest age group with 75 respondents (41.2%). Second, according to
an analysis on the necessity of courses by major, ‘Study on Thesis (M=4.62)’, ‘Haircut (M=4.20)’, ‘Chromatology (M=4.18)’ and
‘Therapy (M=4.29)’ were the highest in common courses, with hair, makeup and skin care ranking highest respectively. Third, in
the preference for course titles, ‘Thesis Preparation Skills (42.3%)’, ‘Special Topics on Hair Science (34.1%)’, ‘Study of Beauty
Illustration (70.9%)’ and ‘Special Topics on Skin Science (51.1%)’ were the most preferred titles for common courses, with hair,
makeup and skin care ranking highest respectively.