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Fashion Design and Clothing
For courses numbered 098, 198, 298, see “Topic Courses” on page 292
FDC 110 Clothing Construction I
3 cr. hrs. 5 periods (2 lec., 3 lab)
An introduction to basic clothing construction techniques designed for inexperienced sewers. Includes terminology, tools
and equipment, garment pattern components, fabric components, interfacing, and construction sample and pressing
techniques.
Offered: Fall.
FDC 111 Clothing Construction II
3 cr. hrs. 5 periods (2 lec., 3 lab)
Continuation of FDC 110. Intermediate principles of clothing construction. Includes planning the garment, preparation of
garment pieces, assembly, unit production, and evaluation.
Prerequisite(s): FDC 110 with a B or better.
Information: Prerequisite may be waived with consent of instructor.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
FDC 112 Alteration and Pattern Fitting
3 cr. hrs. 5 periods (2 lec., 3 lab)
Methods of altering commercial patterns and principles of fitting garments. Includes fitting a basic commercial pattern,
making a muslin, creating fit, and evaluation of standards.
Offered: Spring.
FDC 121 Flat Pattern Making
3 cr. hrs. 5 periods (2 lec., 3 lab)
Introduction to the flat pattern method of pattern making for apparel production. Includes principles of pattern
manipulation, practical applications, and evaluating the applications to a selected design project.
Prerequisite(s): FDC 111.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
FASHION DESIGN AND CLOTHING
FDC 122 History of Clothing
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to clothing and personal decoration as a reflection of the wearer’s culture, time and place. Includes definition
of essential characteristics in the western world, evolution of clothing, geographical and chronological grouping, and areas
of analysis of the clothing notebook.
Offered: Spring.
FDC 123 Computer Patternmaking I
3 cr. hrs. 5 periods (2 lec., 3 lab)
Introduction to patternmaking for apparel production using computer software. Includes measurements, creating a basic
set of slopers, checking sloper fit, and basic pattern concepts.
Prerequisite(s): FDC 111, 121.
Information: Prerequisite(s) may be waived with consent of instructor.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
FDC 126 Textiles
3 cr. hrs. 5 periods (2 lec., 3 lab)
Technology and science, art and design, and global industry of textiles. Includes emphasis on performance of textile
products in apparel, furnishings, industry, geotextiles, transportation and space exploration. Also includes the components
of textile products: fibers, yarns, fabric construction, coloration and finishes, current and developing technology, and
environmental effects.
Offered: Spring.
FDC 131 Clothing Selection
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to the function of wardrobe in contemporary life. Includes the clothing and wearer, current theories on
wardrobe, art applied to wardrobe and the individual, and the core working wardrobe.
Offered: Fall.
FDC 132 Society, Culture, and Dress and the Individual
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Human behavior in relationship to clothing, body image, and self-concept. Includes behavior and dress, clothing as
messenger, the ritual of dress, clothing for masses, and life stages and clothing and image needs.
Offered: Fall.
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