MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5355 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2014 Fall Last Admit Term: 2020 Summer Award: CCL Total Credits: 24 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 and Consumer Sciences (34) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 27-1022.00

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Fashion Design, Level I program provides students with skills including but not limited to historical fashions, illustration, sketching a line, and selecting appropriate textiles for individual clients. Student completing this certificate will enter the fashion industry at entry-level positions. An additional Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Fashion Design, Level II and an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree are also available.

Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester

Required Courses

TEC105 Cultural Aspects of Clothing 3
TEC106 History of Fashion 3
TEC125 Fashion Design 3
TEC134 Fashion Illustration I 3
+ TEC221 Computer-Assisted Fashion Design 3
TEC222 Textiles 3
+ TEC225 Pattern Design I 3

Credits: 21

Restricted Electives
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General Electives
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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. Design and evaluate ready-to-wear apparel using the principles and elements of design. (TEC125) 5. List steps of apparel design and relate to manufacturing and production. (TEC125) 6. Render the fashion figure, beauty heads, and various fabrics in garments and accessories. (TEC134) 7. Exhibit a rudimentary knowledge of fashion layout, advertising, and the media used in fashion illustration. (TEC134) 8. Draw fashion figures and sketch garments on figures using drawing pencil, charcoal, ink wash, watercolor, pastels, felt tip/marker pens, colored pencils, and acrylics to experiment with different techniques used in fashion illustration. (TEC134) 9. Develop a portfolio for computer-assisted apparel designs using industry software and the elements and principles of design. (TEC221) 10. Describe fiber production, yarn and fabric construction, color application, and finishes applied to textile products. (TEC222) 11. Describe properties, use, and care of major textile fibers (cotton, linen, rayon, acetate, triacetate, silk, wool, nylon, polyester, acrylic, modacrylic.) (TEC222) 12. Use flat pattern techniques to make patterns. (TEC225)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: May 27, 2014

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.