B.F.A. in Fashion
Savannah, USA
DURATION
180 Hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Introduction
As a SCAD fashion student, you'll master new markets, technologies, and trends as you become a leader in the international business of style. SCAD students are poised to shape the fashion landscape thanks to mentorship from influential fashion insiders and expert faculty who've worked with top houses and brands. You'll also gain an all-access pass to prime design resources and star-studded signature events like internationally renowned SCAD FASHION runway shows.
Admissions
Curriculum
Foundation studies: 30 hours
- DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
- DSGN 102 Design II: 3D Form in Space
- DRAW 200 Life Drawing I
General education: 55 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
- ARLH, ARTH, or ENGL elective
- General education elective
- Mathematics/natural sciences elective
- Social/behavioral sciences elective
Major curriculum: 85 hours
- FASH 100 Fashion Technology
- FASH 105 Introduction to Textiles
- FASH 110 Introduction to Fashion Design
- FASH 216 Pattern Development
- FASH 219 Introduction to Fashion Sketching
- FASH 247 History of Fashion
- FASH 303 The Business of Fashion
- FASH 316 Draping Techniques for Fashion
- FASH 319 Advanced Fashion Sketching
- FASH 324 Computer-aided Fashion Design
- FASH 399 Fashion Design: Concept Development
- FASH 410 3D Patternmaking Simulation
- FASH 420 Senior Collection I: Research and Design Development
- FASH 422 Fashion Portfolio Presentation
- FASH 430 Senior Collection II: 3D Prototype and Development
- FASH 440 Senior Collection III: Final Collection
- Select one of these three options:
- FASH 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
- FASH 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
Additional electives: 10 hours
Total course of study: 180 hours
Career Opportunities
Become a fashion designer. Become a fashion illustrator. Become a design merchandiser, a patternmaker or a menswear designer. From haute couture to casual, mass-market to fine art, fashion careers inspire cultural transformations and help us express our best, truest selves.
Launch your career as a professional:
- Creative director
- Brand founder
- Fashion designer
- Style content director
- E-commerce stylist
- 3D apparel developer
- Menswear designer
- CAD designer
- Swimwear/intimates designer
Get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- Diane von Furstenberg
- Elle
- Jean Paul Gaultier
- Louis Vuitton
- Marc Jacobs
- Opening Ceremony
- Ralph Lauren
- The Row
- Teen Vogue