About Our Home Study Courses

Home study programs are for those who find it more convenient to take their continuing education in the privacy of their own home within their own time frame. Courses are offered on a wide variety of subjects including both theory and practical applications in a choice of text, workbook, audio, and video presentations.

Every effort is made to provide our students with the same quality education offered in our classes and workshops. Participants receive a self-study program which they complete at home followed by an "open book" exam for credit hours. Although home study courses are not taken under the supervision of a teacher, a study tutor is available to you to provide any assistance needed. Help is as near as your telephone, simply call 800-669-8718.

Anyone interested in these courses are welcome to take advantage of our education programs. However, if you are applying the CE hours allotted for each course towards your license renewal, the following information is of importance to you.

Illinois State Requlations

Continuing Educations, Inc. is an approved sponsor of Continuing Education in the state of Illinois (License #190-000203). All of our home study courses have been approved for license renewal within the Illinois licensing law. The following guidelines will assist you in meeting the state requirements.

Illinois Continuing Education Credit Allowance through Home Study Courses:
 
  • Cosmetologists - 7 hours
  • Nail Technicians - 5 Hours
  • Estheticians - 5 Hours
  • Cosmetology Teachers - 12 Hours
  • Nail & Esthetician Teachers - 10 Hours

The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation allows only 50% of your continuing education hour requirements to be credited through home study programs. The balance must be obtained through personally attended classroom instruction. We invite and encourage you to take as many courses as you wish for education purposes . . .but if you are applying the C.E. credits towards your license renewal please note the information below.

Our home study courses are prepared as a classroom alternative and every attention is given to insure a quality education.  You may take any and all of the courses offered, however, if the courses you choose are intended to be used as a C.E. credit toward a particular license renewal, the Department of Professional Regulation has specific guidelines as to which courses qualify for continuing education credit in each profession.  When choosing your courses, be aware that the state does not recognize duplication of courses.