Fashion Design
Fanshawe College
Key Information
Campus location
London, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
Blended
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Fashion Design
Fashion Design is a three year co-operative Ontario College Advanced Diploma program providing professional career-directed training in the development, production management and marketing of apparel design. Through classroom theory, lecture, lab work, field trips and work term experience, skills are applied. Networking with industry professionals promotes future employment opportunities. Emphasis is placed on design analysis, apparel manufacturing and technology, and design communications and marketing. Skills such as fashion illustration, computer-aided design, pattern-making and draping, and garment construction techniques are taught, and supported by studies of textile technology, historical research, manufacturing processes and applied computerized technology in the fashion industry. The program fosters creative and independent problem solving in students, preparing them for a future in the various sectors of the rapidly changing fashion industry.
Admissions
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Curriculum
Level 1
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses
- Reason & Writing 1-Art & Design
- Pattern Making 1
- Fashion Drawing & Theory
- Sample Room Production 1
- Design Studio 1
- Fashion Industry Analysis
Level 2
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses
- Computerized Fashion Illustration 1
- Textile Science 1
- Pattern Making 2
- Design Studio 2
- Sample Room Production 2
- Communications for Design
- Co-operative Education Employment Prep
- Technical Drawings & Specifications
Level 3
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses
- Computerized Fashion Illustr. & Spec
- Sample Room Production 3
- Computers for Apparel Manufacturing 1
- Pattern Making 3
- Design Studio 3
- Textile Science 2
- Style Influences & Attitudes 1
Level 4
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses
- The Business of Fashion
- Sample Room Production 4
- Comp for Apparel Manuf 2
- Design Studio 4
- Pattern Making 4
- Style Influences & Attitudes 2
- Drape
Level 5
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses
- Global Apparel Sourcing & Mass Product
- Sample Room Production 5
- Computers for Apparel Manufacturing 3
- Design Studio 5
- Pattern Making 5
- Industrial Pattern Grading
- Portfolio & Career Development
Level 6
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses
- Sample Room Production 6
- Line Development
- Fashion Show Production
Program Outcome
Diploma; Co-op; University Transfer
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates find employment in positions of development production and production in apparel manufacturing including designers, assistant designers, technical designers, computerized fashion illustrators, pattern makers, graders, quality controller technicians, or CAD aided design technologists. Graduates could also become independent designers or consultants
English Language Requirements
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