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Course Sequence
All Fashion Design Certificate students take six required Foundation courses that cover fashion fundamentals. The Elective courses offer options for either a Specialty or Technical Track in Fashion Design Certificate. All students must complete a Professional Portfolio course before receiving a certificate.
Each course is on a rotating schedule, allowing students to complete the Fashion Design Certificate in two years and one summer.
| Required Foundation Courses | Semester Offered |
| Introduction to Pattern Drafting | Fall |
| Tailoring | Fall |
| Couture Design | Spring |
| Global History of 20th Century Fashion and Art | Spring |
| Introduction to Creative Fashion | Spring |
| Fashion Illustration | Summer |
| Professional Portfolio |
| Electives: Must Complete 3 | |
| Digital Tools for Textile Design | Fall |
| Textile Design I | Fall |
| Textile History | Fall |
| Fashion Industry Production | Spring |
| (Pattern Drafting II – Gerber software) | Spring |
| Millinery Design | Spring |
| Creative Textile Design (Textile Design II) | Spring |
| Fashion Trend Forecasting | Spring |
| Introduction to Costume Design | Summer |
| Digital Tools for Fashion Design | Summer |
| Handbag Design | Summer |
| Sustainable Fashion | Summer |
course sequence scenarios
The following grid is just a sampling of possible scenarios. Electives can be taken any semester. Required courses are only offered during the semesters as listed.
scenario a - fall start
| Semester | Year 1 | Year 2 |
| Fall | Pattern Drafting Elective | Tailoring Elective |
| Spring | Creative Fashion Fashion and Art or Fashion History II | Couture Design Professional Portfolio |
| Summer | Fashion Illustration Elective |
scenario b - spring start
| Semester | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| Spring | Creative Fashion Fashion and Art or Fashion History II | Couture Design Elective | Professional Portfolio |
| Summer | Fashion Illustration | ||
| Fall | Pattern Drafting Elective | Tailoring Elective |
scenario C - summer start
| Semester | Year 1 | Year 2 |
| Summer | Fashion Illustration | Elective |
| Fall | Pattern Drafting Elective | Tailoring Elective |
| Spring | Creative Fashion Fashion and Art or Fashion History II | Couture Design Professional Portfolio |