Award Description:
The Fashion and Costume Design Certificate of Achievement offers students training in courses that prepare them for work in the fashion design, costuming and manufacturing fields. Emphasis is placed on fashion design, sketching, presentation, and includes a strong technical background in pattern making, draping and apparel construction.
Program Description:
The Fashion program offers a variety of courses that allow students to develop skills to pursue careers in Fashion and Costume Design, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Technology: Design, Fashion Technology: Merchandising, and related fashion careers. With a high emphasis on technology, both computer and equipment-based, students obtain skills that assist them in securing positions and advance in the fashion field. Coursework is supplemented with participation in field excursions, guest lecturers, work experience positions, and opportunities that involve the local fashion community. Much of the emphasis of the program is on active student learning and participation in class and campus activities that involve leadership and planning. A strong advisory board of fashion professionals provides input to the program and supports various activities on and off-campus.
Program Goals:
The goal of the Fashion Program is to provide students with technical and career skills that allow them to enter the fashion industry with a balance of knowledge, theory, and practical training. We strive to provide students with quality instruction, utilizing current technology and equipment, and relevant curriculum.
Program Emphasis:
The Fashion Program is designed for students interested in pursuing a fashion related career. Students gain practical, technical and knowledge-based skills in their area of emphasis. In addition they gain an understanding of career opportunities and a working knowledge of the various components of the constantly changing fashion industry.
Students may specialize in one of four areas, including: Fashion and Costume Design, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Technology: Design or Fashion Technology: Merchandising.
Students planning to transfer to a four-year institution should consult the counseling department and a Fashion faculty advisor for assistance in program planning.
Career Options:
Fashion Design: Careers in the areas of fashion design, costume design, technical design, pattern making, draper, sewist, sample maker, merchandising, illustration, textiles, textile and print designer, or tailor.
Fashion Merchandising: Careers in the areas of merchandising, retail management, fashion sales, fashion buying, promotion, visual merchandising, fashion styling, fashion marketing, stylist, manufacturer’s sales rep, piece good, or trim buyer.
20-24 students a year
The goal of the Fashion Program is to provide students with technical and career skills that allow them to enter the fashion industry with a balance of knowledge, theory, and practical training. We strive to provide students with quality instruction, utilizing current technology and equipment, and relevant curriculum.
Objectives
The goal of the Fashion Program is to provide students with technical and career skills that allow them to enter the fashion industry with a balance of knowledge, theory, and practical training. We strive to provide students with quality instruction, utilizing current technology and equipment, and relevant curriculum.
Award SLOs –
Students who complete the Fashion and Costume Design Certificate of Achievement will be able to:
• Students will have the ability to demonstrate effective communication and critical thinking through oral presentations and written work.
• Students will have the ability to use current technology such as computers, peripherals, and software or sewing equipment pertinent to fashion design or merchandising.
• Students will have the ability to compare and contrast how various cultures and countries interrelate in the global fashion community.
• Students will achieve a set of skills that keeps them current and allows them to secure employment in the Fashion industry.
Students will be assessed through a combination of performance evaluations, written assignments, and written tests and quizzes.
Program Modification
Title Change from Fashion Design to Fashion and Costume Design
Reduction of Units from 31-37 to 23-27 by removing FASH 125, 145, 145L and changing the required 142 to an OR option paired with 176.
No course content changes.
COURSE | TITLE | UNITS | ||
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FASH 105 | Introduction to Fashion *Active* | 3 | ||
or | FASH 123 | Introduction to Costume Development *Active* | 3 | |
FASH 120 | Fashion History and Trends *Active* | 3 | ||
or | FASH 122 | Ethnic Costume *Active* | 3 | |
FASH 130 | Apparel Construction I *Active* | 3 | ||
FASH 130L | Apparel Construction I Laboratory *Active* | 1 | ||
FASH 140 | Clothing Design and Flat Pattern I *Active* | 3 | ||
FASH 155 | Fashion Field Studies *Active* | 1 - 3 | ||
or | FASH 156 | International Fashion Field Studies: Overview *Active* | 1 - 3 | |
or | FASH 157 | International Field Studies: Focused Study *Active* | 1 - 3 | |
or | FASH 158 | Fashion Field Studies: Trade Shows/Markets *Active* | 1 - 3 | |
FASH 168 | Textiles *Active* | 3 | ||
FASH 176 | Computer Fashion Design: Adobe Illustrator *Active* | 3 | ||
or | FASH 142 | Fashion Illustration & Technical Sketching *Active* | 3 | |
CBTE 140 | Beginning Microsoft Excel *Approved* | 2 | ||
or | FASH 175 | Computer Fashion Design: Adobe PhotoShop *Approved* | 3 | |
FASH 270 | Work Experience *Active* | 1 - 2 |
Year 1, Fall = 7.0 units (FASH 105 or FASH 123, FASH 130, and FASH 130L)
Year 1, Spring = 9.0 units (FASH 120 or FASH 122, FASH 140, and FASH 176 or FASH 142)
Year 2, Fall = 5.0-6.0 units (FASH 168, and CBTE or FASH 175)
Year 2, Spring = 2.0-5.0 units (FASH 270, and FASH 155 or FASH 156 or FASH 157 or FASH 158)
George Dowden · 08/11/22
Cuyamaca approves.
Monica Romero · 08/11/22
Mesa supports the modification.
Jesse Lopez · 08/10/22
Miramar College supports the program modification.
Cassandra Storey · 08/10/22
SDCCE supports program mod
Dr. Javier Ayala · 08/08/22
Support.
Efrain Silva · 08/08/22
IVC supports the modification.
Dr. Al Taccone · 08/03/22
MiraCosta endorses given modification request.
John Edwards · 07/28/22
SD Mesa college submitted the appropriate LMI from the COE. The COE does not recommend developing a *new* program for this occupation because supply is met in the labor market. However, because this is a program modification, the COE defers to the region.
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