MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3355 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2018 Fall Last Admit Term: 2020 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 63-66 CIP Code: 50.0407	Primary College: Initiating College: Phoenix College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College-Specific Field of Interest: Visual and Performing Arts Instructional Council: Family & Consumer Sciences (34) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: 25-1121, 27-1022

Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Fashion Design program is designed to prepare students for employment in the fashion industry. Students will develop skills in fashion illustration, apparel design, clothing construction, and pattern making. Graduates of the program will be able to illustrate and design apparel, draft patterns, and custom design apparel for individual clients. They can work in the fashion industry for apparel manufacturers and retailers. A Certificate of Completion (CCL) is also available.

Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester

Required Courses

TEC105 Cultural Aspects of Clothing 3
TEC106 History of Fashion 3
+ TEC111 Clothing Construction 3

TEC113 Textiles: Dyeing (1) OR
TEC114 Textiles: Block Printing/Silk Screening (1) OR
TEC115 Textiles: Hand Painting (1) OR
TEC116 Textiles: Stitchery and Embellishment (1) 1

+ TEC124 Advanced Clothing Construction 3
TEC125 Fashion Design 3
TEC134 Fashion Illustration I 3

+ TEC135 Fashion Illustration II (3) OR
+ TEC138 Fashion Illustration: Menswear (3) 3

+ TEC221 Computer-Assisted Fashion Design 3
TEC222 Textiles 3
+ TEC223 Tailoring 3
+ TEC225 Pattern Design I 3
+ TEC226 Draping for Fashion Design 3
+ TEC230 Pattern Design II 3

+ TEC236 Portfolio Development 1

Credits: 41

Restricted Electives
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General Electives
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General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 22-25

General Education Core	Credits: 12-15

First-Year Composition	Credits: 6
+ Any approved general education courses in the First-Year Composition area.

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
+ Any approved general education course in the Oral Communication area.

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
+ Any approved general education course in the Critical Reading area OR Equivalent as indicated by assessment. 0-3

Mathematics	Credits: 3
+ MAT112 Mathematical Concepts and Applications (3) OR Equivalent course OR Satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematical course.

General Education Distribution	Credits: 10

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
INT115 Historical Architecture and Furniture (3) OR INT120 Modern Architecture and Furniture (3)

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course in the Social-Behavioral Sciences area.

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
FON241 Principles of Human Nutrition (3) AND + FON241LL Principles of Human Nutrition Laboratory (1)

Program Competencies
1. Describe the psychological and sociological aspects of clothing. (TEC105) 2. Identify cultural factors, technological developments, interests, values, and aesthetic concepts that affect clothing choices. (TEC105) 3. Identify items of apparel, fibers and fabrics, colors, hair styles, headdresses, and accessories unique to each period of historic costume. (TEC106) 4. Interpret pattern directions and guide sheets accurately. (TEC111) 5. Select fashion fabric, lining, interfacing, patterns, and notions appropriate for constructing specific garments. (TEC111) 6. Operate the sewing machine efficiently and use pressing equipment and sewing tools appropriately when constructing apparel. (TEC111) 7. Apply design on fabric using hand painting, or block printing and silk screening, or stitchery and embellishment, or tie dye and batik techniques. (TEC113, TEC114, TEC115, TEC116) 8. Alter patterns to fit individual figures and make necessary adjustments during the construction process. (TEC124) 9. Apply construction techniques (seams and seam finishes, darts, facings, collars, set-in-sleeves, machine and bound buttonholes, hems, zippers, linings, matching plaids and stripes) correctly on samples and garments. (TEC124) 10. Design and evaluate ready-to-wear apparel using the principles and elements of design. (TEC125) 11. List steps of apparel design and relate to manufacturing and production. (TEC125) 12. Draw fashion figures and sketch garments on figures using drawing pencil, charcoal, ink wash, watercolor, pastels, felt tip/marker pens, colored pencils, and/or acrylics to experiment with different techniques used in fashion illustration. (TEC134) 13. Sketch technical line drawings and flats to accompany garments on figures. (TEC135, TEC138) 14. Develop portfolio illustrations with flats and fabric swatches using a variety of media of student`s choice. (TEC135, TEC138) 15. Develop a portfolio for computer-assisted apparel designs using industry software and the elements and principles of design. (TEC221) 16. Describe fiber production, yarn and fabric construction, color application, and finishes applied to textile products. (TEC222) 17. Describe properties, use, and care of major textile fibers (cotton, linen, rayon, acetate, triacetate, silk, wool, nylon, polyester, acrylic, modacrylic). (TEC222) 18. Construct a tailored garment using techniques, equipment, and supplies required for the tailoring process. (TEC223) 19. Use flat patterns techniques to make patterns. (TEC225) 20. Apply flat pattern techniques in creating original designs, patterns, and garments. (TEC225, TEC230) 21. Drape, mark, and true an original design in a fashion fabric. (TEC226) 22. Design, produce, and present a professional portfolio. (TEC236)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: June 26, 2018

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.