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Fashion
Design/Merchandising
FD designates courses required for
Fashion Design students; FM
designates courses required for Fashion
Merchandising students. Courses listed
as FD/FM are required courses for
both Fashion Design and Fashion
Merchandising programs.
FD 110
Clothing Construction I
3 credits (CS)
Students will learn the techniques of
sewing machine operation and garment
construction needed to master the basic
principles of clothing construction
required for fashion design courses. A
series of sample projects will be
demonstrated and students will
complete sample projects in muslin.
Students will also construct garments
from commercial patterns. Students are
expected to purchase their own
supplies and fabric for this class.
FD 111
Clothing Construction II
3 credits (CS)
Students will further their knowledge
of the sewing and garment
construction fundamentals taught in
FD110 Clothing Construction I.
Students will complete garments
from commercial patterns and will
complete sample exercises as
demonstrated by the instructor.
There will be an emphasis on more
complex sewing concepts as well as
memorization of the fashion
vocabulary necessary to
communicate effectively in the
fashion industry.
Prerequisites: FD 110 Clothing
Construction I or permission of instructor
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FD 113
Fashion Drawing
3 credits (CS)
Students will learn to use basic fashion
drawing as it is used in the apparel
industry today. They will learn how to
create and use the basic croquis and
technical flats to visually communicate
design concepts, finished garments,
fabric and construction details to a
product development team. Students
will be introduced to principles of
design relating to the figure and the
elements of line, shape, color and
texture in designing and drawing. A
variety of media and techniques will be
explored as means to present threedimensional
designs in a twodimensional
format. Emphasis will be
placed on keeping a sketch journal and
developing drawing skills which are
aesthetically pleasing and technically
accurate.
FD/FM 131
Survey of the Global Apparel
Industry
3 credits (AS)
This is an introductory course that
establishes the various product
categories in apparel and the
innovative processes that sustain the
global apparel industry. Students will
acquire a basic understanding of the
nature of fashion and study the
history and development of the
various segments of the apparel
industry in order to examine the
unique and complete
interdependency of these segments
as well as industry trends. In
addition, this course analyzes the
apparel business; how it is conceived,
marketed, and sold. Students will
study the trends and the power of
fashion in society as well as
determine the scope of jobs in the
fashion business and how the student