FASHION 002    INTRODUCTION TO THE FASHION INDUSTRY

Prerequisite Skills: Reading Level II.

This course is an introduction to the fashion industry, providing an overview of how the fashion business works, from raw materials to the production and retail distribution of fashion goods. The areas of fashion design, production, methods of predicting consumer demand, buying, pricing, retailing, and promoting fashion products are analyzed. (CSU)

Above class meets 8/17/2009-12/18/2009. Refund date 8/28/2009 Last drop date without a W: 9/11/2009. Last drop date with a W: 11/17/2009.

FASHION 004   FASHION PRODUCT ANALYSIS
This course is designed to increase the student`s knowledge of fashion products in the market. Areas of production, content, use, value, durability, versatility, care and the price of goods will be evaluated. An in-depth analysis of apparel and accessories for women, men, and children, as well as cosmetics, is covered. (CSU)

Above class meets 8/17/2009-12/18/2009. Refund date 8/28/2009 Last drop date without a W: 9/11/2009. Last drop date with a W: 11/17/2009.

FASHION 008   HISTORY OF FASHION TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Prerequisite Skills: Reading Level II

This course is a survey of costume from ancient times to present day. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how clothing is used as a universal means of symbolizing roles and social position, emphasizing the ways clothing communicates values and attitudes, and how costume is a reflection of trends in technology, music, literature, art, interior design and social values. (CSU)

Above class meets 8/17/2009-12/18/2009. Refund date 8/28/2009 Last drop date without a W: 9/11/2009. Last drop date with a W: 11/17/2009.

FASHION 009  History of Fashion from the Twentieth Century to Present

This course is a survey of fashion from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach to show how clothing is used as a universal means of symbolizing roles and social position, emphasizing the ways clothing communicates values and attitudes, and how fashion is a reflection of trends in technology, music, literature, art, interior design and social values. Specific designers who influenced fashion of the past and present will be examined. (CSU)

Above class meets 8/17/2009-12/18/2009. Refund date 8/28/2009 Last drop date without a W: 9/11/2009. Last drop date with a W: 11/17/2009.

FASHION 019   RETAILING FASHION AND INTERIORS

Prerequisites: FASHION-002 Introduction to the Fashion Industry or ID-002 Introduction to Interior Design each with a grade of "C" or better.

This course provides a multi-dimensional approach in educating students for careers in the fashion and interior retail industry by combining studies in business fundamentals with theory. All phases of retailing for fashion and interiors are covered, including business organization, buying, merchandising, marketing and consumer behavior. (CSU)

Above class meets 8/17/2009-12/18/2009. Refund date 8/28/2009 Last drop date without a W: 9/11/2009. Last drop date with a W: 11/17/2009.

FASHION 021 Trend Forecasting for Fashion & Interiors

Prerequisites: FASHION-002 Introduction to the Fashion Industry or ID-002 Introduction to Interior Design each with a grade of "C" or better.

This course will introduce students to forecasting and its use by the creative design industries with the aim of developing an intuitive and intellectual approach to predicting future fashion and interiors trends. The course will provide students with in-depth knowledge of the relationship between forecasting, trend prediction, marketing, economics and style movements. The student will develop research skills in historical context, consumer trends and buying patterns, fads, crazes and cults, all of which play a part in the analysis of style movements.

Above class meets 8/17/2009-12/18/2009. Refund date 8/28/2009 Last drop date without a W: 9/11/2009. Last drop date with a W: 11/17/2009.

FASHION 024 Visual Merchandising /Store Design I
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the basic techniques of effective visual merchandising and retail store design, including history, terminology, types, components, and the structure of visual merchandising products, departments and retail stores. Course activities include designing, constructing and installing visual displays and designing fashion-related retail store environments. (CSU)

Above class meets 8/17/2009-12/18/2009. Refund date 8/28/2009 Last drop date without a W: 9/11/2009. Last drop date with a W: 11/17/2009.

FASHION 030  BASIC INDUSTRY SEWING

Prerequisite Skills: Reading Level II.

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the selection and use of sewing equipment, fabric and patterns, interpretation and use of commercial patterns, minor pattern adjustments, and professional construction techniques. Students learn industry sewing techniques on commercial sewing machines and sergers. Careers in apparel construction within the fashion industry are discussed. (CSU, CAN FCS 10)