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Fashion Design

School of Design, Arts, and Communication

Department of Fashion Design

Program Coordinator: Leslie H. Simpson, Ph.D.

Description

The Fashion Design degree curriculum synthesizes the individual esthetic of the designer with an understanding of the market, historical context of fashion and costume, consumer psychology, materials, and techniques of apparel construction.

The major's curriculum focus is primarily on studio work and other discipline-specific course work central to its mission of developing the student’s individual design voice and vision while developing their potential as practicing technical fashion design professionals.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Science in Fashion Design, graduates will be able to:

  1. Integrate the skills, theories, research and problem-solving methodologies, and behaviors of a practicing fashion design professional.
  2. Construct comprehensive design strategies considering sustainability in global, environmental, social and economic contexts.
  3. Formulate a personal design ideology considering historical, cultural, and social relevance/contexts.
  4. Synthesize design concepts employing areas of trend analysis, merchandising, consumer psychology, retailing, and materials to create strategically-targeted designs.
  5. Use appropriate industry terminology in the critique of fashion concepts and designs.
  6. Assemble a collection of finished fashion work for a defined audience demonstrating the application of industry knowledge and experience.

Policies

Students must earn a minimum GPA of 2.00 in the major. The lowest acceptable grade is a "C" in all courses listed in the catalog under "Program Requirements" for the major, including both courses in the major and SEE courses required by the major. No student, regardless of major, will be permitted to advance to the next course without earning a grade of "C" or better in the prerequisite course(s). When a grade below "C" is earned in a major course, the student must repeat that course.

Requirements

The courses listed below are required for the completion of the bachelor's degree in fashion design. Students must also complete the requirements for the Stevenson Educational Experience (SEE). Specific pre- and co-requisites for each course are listed in the course descriptions.

Major Requirements:

FYS 100First Year Seminar

1 credit
ART 110Fundamentals of Design I

3 credits
ART 113Fundamentals of Design II

3 credits
ART 116Drawing I

3 credits
ART 117Drawing II

3 credits
FDES 101Construction Fundamentals

1 credit
FDES 200Textiles

3 credits
FDES 201Fashion Design I

3 credits
FDES 202Fundamentals of Draping

3 credits
FDES 203Garment Construction Studio

3 credits
FDES 205Computer-Aided Pattern Design I

3 credits
FDES 210Fashion Illustration

3 credits
FDES 274History of Fashion

3 credits
FDES 290Internship Preparation

1 credit
FDES 301Tailoring

3 credits
FDES 302Technical Illustration

3 credits
FDES 303Concept Development in Fashion Design

3 credits
FDES 315/FMER 315Writing for Fashion

3 credits
FDES 401Collections I

3 credits
FDES 403Collections II

3 credits
FDES 404Product Development and Manufacturing

3 credits
FDES 470Portfolio

1 credit
GDES 125Fundamentals of Digital Media

3 credits
MGT 210Business Writing

3 credits
MKT 206Principles of Marketing

3 credits
SOD 390Internship

Variable credits

Suggested Course Sequence

2024-25 SCS Fashion Design

Minor in Fashion Design

The minor in fashion design requires successful completion of a minimum of six courses and 18 credits with a FDES course prefix designator. SOD 390 may also be taken to as a course that will fulfill a minor requirement. All course prerequisites must be met to be eligible to take the selected course for a minor. Please see an academic advisor for more information. General information regarding minor requirements may be found in the Minors section of the catalog.

Course Descriptions

See Fashion Design Course Descriptions