2020-2021 Catalog 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
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Fashion Technology Occupational Skills Award


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The Fashion Technology Occupational Skills Award prepares students with skills and experience in the latest fashion technologies. Students will gain competencies in the following areas: Tukatech CAD pattern making and grading, digital illustration with programs such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and online retail platforms such as Shopify and Apparel Cart, creation of specification sheets with Excel and Illustrator, and professional certification in Apparel Information Management Systems (AIMS). This award is focused both on students entering into the fashion industry for the first time and students who are already fashion professionals who need to upgrade skills for career advancement and retention. Upon completion of this skills award students may acquire positions as: assistant designers, technical designers, textile surface designers, fashion web store designers, fashion entrepreneurs, product developers, apparel information managers, pattern makers, pattern graders, pattern marker makers, fashion CAD designers, fashion buyers, technology trainers for the fashion industry, and fashion merchandisers.

Program Student Learning Outcomes


Students who complete this program will be able to:

  • Produce a professional portfolio showcasing their skills related to fashion technology. This portfolio will increase job opportunities in the field as well as promotion for those already employed.
  • Successfully complete an industry internship including the completion of three individual goals/objectives as determined by themselves and an industry supervisor. Internships give students work experience desirable in job applicants.
  • Create a professional resume showcasing their skills related to fashion technology. This will increase job opportunities in the field as well as promotion for those already employed.

REQUIRED CORE:

Course ID Title Units
FASH 130  * Flat Pattern Design 4
FASH 131  * CAD Patternmaking with Tukatech 3
FASH 204   Understanding Apparel Principles-AIMS Certification 1
FASH 225   Apparel Cart - Fashion Retailing Online with Easy Cart Shop 1
FASH 155  * The Digital Fashion Image 2
FASH 254  or Fashion in Southern California 1
FASH 207   Eco-Friendly Fashion Tour 1
FASH 145  *§ and Internship 1
CWE 180  *† Co-Op-Ed Fashion 1

TOTAL UNITS FOR THE AWARD:


14

*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.

†Recommended to be taken in last semester of program.

§Must be taken concurrently with  CWE 180  *

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