Fashion Design Program Map

(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) The Fashion program gives students the opportunity to discover the inner workings of the fashion industry with many hands-on experiences. Fashion Merchandising emphasizes the business of buying, distributing and selling of merchandising from the manufacturing level through to the retailer and ultimately, the consumer. A highly-specialized program in Fashion Merchandising enables students to acquire the marketable skills in a minimum time. The program prepares students for a variety of employment opportunities and provides hands-on learning opportunities.

Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP

Community of interest: BCAD Business, Cosmetology, Arts & Design
Award: Certificate
Program code: FASHIONDESIGN.CC
Department: PAX Skill Builders
CIP code: 19.0905: Apparel and Textile Marketing Management.
TOP code: 1303.20 - Fashion Merchandising*

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Fashion Design

Certificate

A short-cycle credential built around a specific skill or job role. Useful as an entry point to a field, a step toward a larger credential, or a way to round out an existing degree.

Financial aid note. Courses taken solely to complete a Certificate of Completion are not eligible for financial aid.

See the 2025-26 Catalog for official program details

Semester-by-Semester Map

Term 1

Class Schedules

15 units

Department recommends FASH 9, FASH 64, FASH 74, and FASH 90.

Select 15 units:

Required

3 units

Choose one of 7 choices

FASH 9
Clothing Construction I
3 units
course details
This is a beginning course in clothing construction. Topics include pattern selection and layout, selection of fashion fabrics and interfacings, seam finishes and design features. Students will develop their sewing skills though the construction of garments and samples utilizing professional sewing techniques.
+−
FASH 10
Clothing Construction II
3 units
course details
This is an intermediate course in clothing construction. This course emphasizes construction of a capsule wardrobe focusing on a variety of novelty fashion fabrics. The course emphasizes personal fitting and custom dressmaking utilizing intermediate sewing techniques.
+−
FASH 13
Fashion Drawing and Illustration
3 units
course details
This course will introduce students to the techniques and applications of fashion drawing and illustration: developing the fashion figure with proportion and balance, drawing a variety of garment silhouettes and rendering fabrics and textures. Techniques using a variety of color and black/white media will also be explored.
+−
FASH 40
Flat Pattern/Draping Design
3 units
course details
This is a beginning course in flat pattern and draping design. The focus is on design, pattern drafting and draping for the theater, film and fashion industries.
+−
FASH 64
Introduction To Fashion/Retail Careers
3 units
course details
This course is an introduction to the world of fashion and retailing through an in-depth study of the history of fashion, terminology, designers, apparel production and distribution, merchandising techniques, and career opportunities. Career development strategies including resumes, cover letters and interviewing will be addressed.
+−
FASH 74
Historic Costume
3 units
course details
This course introduces students to the history of clothing and costume including the influence of historic attire on current fashion apparel. The course examines the impacts of social class, religion and political conditions on expression through dress.
+−
FASH 90
Fashion Promotions
3 units
course details
This course introduces students to contemporary fashion productions including fashion shows, fashion videos, and retail promotions. Students will learn how to plan and produce various aspects of fashion promotions including event marketing, show staging, lighting, music, models, modeling, writing commentary, and directing rehearsals.
+−

Career Connections

2-Year Degree Paths

Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset point cleanly to an immediate 2-year outcome for this program.

4-Year Degree Paths

Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the 4-year pathway for this program.

Graduate School Paths

Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.

Source Notes

Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.

No NCES/IPEDS CIP-to-SOC mapping was found for this program's CIP code.

Last generated 2026-06-12T23:24+00:00

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2-Year Degree Paths

4-Year Degree Paths

Graduate School Paths

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