Fashion Accessories Design Curriculum
Freshman Year
First Semester = 15-16 Credit Hours
| SLP 007 | CCS First Year Experience | 1 |
| DFN 101 | Foundation Drawing I | 3 |
| Choose One** | DFN 117 | 2D Design | 3 |
| DFN 118 | 3D Design | |
| FAD 101 | Fashion Accessories Fundamentals | 3 |
| DEN 108 | The Art of Argumentation | 3 |
| DAH 200 | Art & Culture: Ages of Discovery | 3 |
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Second Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| DFN 112 | Drawing II: Visualization | 3 |
| Choose One** | DFN 117 | 2D Design | 3 |
| DFN 118 | 3D Design | |
| DFN 119 | Digital Fundamentals | 3 |
| FAD 102 | Fashion Accessories Processes | 3 |
| DFS 101 | Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study | 3 |
**Students should alternate DFN 117 and DFN 118 between the Fall/Winter semesters
Sophomore Year
Third Semester = 18 Credit Hours
| FAD 201 | Accessories Design I | 3 |
| FAD 205 | Collection Design | 3 |
| FAD 207 | Fashion Accessories Illustration | 3 |
| DEN 239 | Survey of World Literature | 3 |
| Choose | DAH 201 | Visual Narration: Asia | 3 |
| One | | Visual Narration: Africa/America | |
| DAH 352 | History of Fashion | 3 |
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Fourth Semester = 18 Credit Hours
| DFN 116 | 3D Techniques | 3 |
| FAD 202 | Accessories Design II | 3 |
| FAD 204 | Business Anthropology | 3 |
| DCR 252 | 3D Digital Craft | 3 |
| DAS 213 | Business Practices | 3 |
| DVC 200 | Concepts & Methods/Visual Culture | 3 |
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Junior Year
Fifth Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| FAD 301 | Tech Pack Design | 3 |
| FAD 303 | Intermediate Shoe Making | 3 |
| FAD 309 | Fashion Brand Management | 3 |
| DNS 300 | Natural Science | 3 |
| DLE --- | Liberal Arts Elective | 3 |
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Sixth Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| FAD 305 | Fashion Trends | 3 |
| FAD - - - | Fashion Accessories Design Elective | 3 |
| DME 245 | Beginning Casting | 3 |
| DLE --- | Liberal Arts Elective | 3 |
| D - - - - - | Elective | 3 |
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Senior Year
Seventh Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| FAD 401 | Advanced Collection Design | 3 |
| FAD 403 | Advanced Shoe Making | 3 |
| FAD --- | Fashion Accessories Design Elective | 3 |
| Choose | DAH 400 | Art History | 3 |
| One | DVC 400 | Visual Culture Elective | |
| DLE --- | Liberal Arts Elective | 3 |
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Eighth Semester = 15 Credit Hours
| FAD 402 | Final Collection Design | 3 |
| FAD 404 | Fashion Buying and Merchandising | 3 |
| FAD --- | Fashion Accessories Design Elective | 3 |
| DET BY PATH* | DEN 107 | Writing Workshop | 3 |
| DLE --- | Liberal Arts Elective | |
| D - - - - - | Elective | 3 |
| DEN 107 is placed as a liberal arts elective. English path is determined by ACT/SAT writing scores or the English Placement Exercise (EPE). |
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| Catalog Year 18/19 |
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| Total credits: 127: First Year Experience=1; Foundations=18; Major=60; Liberal Arts=42; General Elective=6 |
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Fashion Accessories Design Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)
Upon graduation, students in the BFA Fashion Accessories Design program will be able to:
- Design collections by using various manual and digital drawing techniques; illustrate innovative production-ready design packages.
- Construct accessories by using professional, state-of-the-art technology, while translating two- dimensional design into three-dimensional objects.
- Apply trend research and analysis to innovative accessories design in response to the needs of the consumer and to evolving socio-cultural and global opportunities.
- Collaborate in multidisciplinary project teams and articulate ideas and design concepts verbally and visually to any given audience.
- Identify supply chain and fashion business elements, including Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability principles.
- Demonstrate leadership in design, product development, sustainability, and professional practice.
