and South Carolina, passing both the written and practical exams is required for licensing. Other states accept either the written or the practical exam. These states include Illinois and Alaska. It is important to check the licensing requirements for your state. You can find more information on the official NIC testing website. Be sure to check this information well before you take the exam. In a little bit, I will give you a brief overview of this course. Before I do, though, I want to tell you about what you can expect as we go through the material together. Thank you, again, for your interest in this course and for your desire to help people with their beauty and styling needs. If you are ready, let's begin.
COURSE CONVENTIONS AND CONTENT Welcome to the section on the course conventions and content! When I say course conventions, I mean the concepts and methods I will use to present material to you. The course is divided up into thirteen chapters; many of the chapters are split up into smaller sections. Each time I start a new section or chapter, I will give you its name. Throughout the course, I will present small quizzes to you. You will find the quiz material in the Follow Along PDF Manual I will discuss that a bit later. Take a quiz and consult the answer key to see how well you are retaining the course material. Alternatively, I will discuss the correct answers in the lectures, so you can pause the audio, take the quiz, and then listen for the correct answers. Quizzes are typically found near the end of a chapter and consist of ten questions. To help you summarize and retain as much information as possible, I will finish every chapter with a list of takeaways the most important points to remember from the chapter. There will typically be ten of these important points; at the end of short chapters, though, I may limit it to five. I mentioned a Follow Along PDF Manual a bit earlier. Each AudioLearn course comes with a companion study guide a Follow Along PDF Manual. You can print out the material or read the manual in its digital format: the choice is yours. These PDF manuals contain summaries of important material as well as links to supplemental information. They contain the quizzes as well as your final exam. Should you decide to 2
