|
|
Sep 07, 2024
|
|
2024-2025 Catalog
Fashion AAS - Apparel Design Program
|
|
Return to: Academic Programs (A-Z)
Code: AAS.FD.APR
The Fashion Apparel Design program is designed for those students who desire a comprehensive, two-year, women’s apparel design curriculum. The program encompasses fashion milestones and current trends, textile science, conceptual design, sewing and garment construction, and collection development. In their final semester, students will participate in a capstone course that includes construction of garments from start to finish and the creation of a design e-portfolio. Graduates of the program will be prepared to further their academic studies. An associate’s degree in Fashion Apparel Design prepares students for careers as designers, technical designers and stylists.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
- Communicate their ideas through various formats, including oral and visual presentations, written work and design.
- Identify the milestones of fashion design and how to apply this knowledge, along with consumer behaviors, current trends and future forecasting, to product and line development.
- Classify the materials of fashion design, and identify the unique attributes of natural and manmade fibers and textiles, within the context of design and sustainability.
- Construct a garment from start to finish, using techniques such as illustration, flat patternmaking and draping.
- Employ technology and computer applications to develop their designs from concept to reality.
CAREER PATHWAYS
Designer |
Technical Designer |
Patternmaker |
Design Director |
Assistant Designer |
Sample-room Coordinator |
Stylist |
Assistant Technical Designer |
Fashion Entrepreneur |
|
Recommended Semester Sequence
General Education Requirements
Humanities Electives *
- Two (2) general education courses selected from the following Arts (Art [ART], Music [MUS], Theatre Arts [THR], Cinema Studies [CIN]); History (HIS); Interdisciplinary (WGS); Literature (LIT); Philosophy and Religion (PHR); World Languages and Cultures (LAN).
- With no more than two courses in one field.
Social Sciences
One general education course from the following fields: ECO, GEO, POL, PSY, SOC, ANT Recommended:
Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology *
One general education course to be selected from the following fields: Mathematics (MAT); Computer Science (CIS), Information Technology (INF); Biology (BIO); Chemistry (CHM); Physics (PHY).
Recommended:
Additional General Education Course
Total Credit Hours: 60
Specific Program Notes
Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.
Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.
* General Education Elective(s) .
Students enrolled in this program ARE REQUIRED to complete a course in basic algebra if indicated by the Basic Skills Placement Test.
**IST-123 will fulfill 3 Free Electives for students who place into the course/
**Recommended Free Electives: ART-123 or ART-197
***Recommended Humanities Arts courses include: ART-102 , ART-103 , ART-104 , ART-107 , ART-110
|
Return to: Academic Programs (A-Z)
|
|
|