Term Effective: Summer 2002

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Description:

The Fashion Studies: Apparel Design and Production Certificate of Achievement is designed for students interested in careers as designers, pattern makers, and pattern graders with large or small garment producers, or in a company of the student's own. Students will learn the basic principles of fashion design and illustration, develop patterns for original designs, execute those designs in fabric, and grade patterns into multiple sizes.

This program will prepare students for a variety of occupations including: contract sewing, cutter and finisher, machine operator, sample cutter, sample maker, shipping clerk specialist, trim purchasing clerk, assistant designer/seamstress, first pattern maker, grader, layout worker, marker maker--manual or computer, piece goods buyer, production cutter, production pattern maker, and show room representative.

This program of study is also available as an Associate degree major option.

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

It is important that students who are completing an Associate Degree and desire to transfer to a four-year institution meet with a counselor to plan their lower division coursework. While many majors at SRJC are intended to align with lower division major preparation required by California public universities, specific lower-division major requirements vary among individual campuses. See a counselor, visit the Transfer Center, and check Guides For Transfer in Specific Majors, and ASSIST to review transfer preparation guides for specific schools and majors.

Notes:

No course may be used more than once to fulfill a requirement in the certificate.
Certificate will be awarded upon fulfillment of all course requirements with a grade of 'C' or better.