Diploma in Fashion Design

DFD-001|diploma|45 Credits

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Fashion Design one-year DFD program offers qualified students the opportunity to prepare for positions as designers, assistant designers, technical designers, or stylists. Through the application of design knowledge and experiential learning, the students develop their unique sense of aesthetics. Successful students will be able to adapt and apply their acquired knowledge to the evolving fashion industry, related design fields, and other creative careers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Create garments that reflect creativity and innovation through the use of foundational techniques achieved through shape, color, silhouette, proportion and fabrication.
Adapt and develop artistic abilities to form original fashion designs with understanding of diverse fashion proportions, utilizing hand and digital rendering techniques.
Effectively use appropriate, innovative technologies to conceptualize, create, produce and communicate fashion design and related concepts.
Develop an understanding of ethical and sustainable principles in fashion design considering environmental, social, economic, and political impacts of climate change.
Recognize and apply foundational concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion in the fashion design development process that honor communities and people who have been marginalized and excluded from the dominant fashion discourse.
Utilize information and communication technologies to research, evaluate, create, and communicate information as it relates to fashion design concepts at a foundational level.

ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA

All modules and assessable projects will be graded according to the following system. With respect to those units that are designated 'Approved for Pass/Fail' the grade will be either P or F:

Numerical Grade	Grade	Remark
97 - 100	A+	Pass with Honor
93 - 96	A	Pass with Honor
90 - 92	A-	Pass with Honor
85 - 89	B+	Pass with Credit
80 - 84	B	Pass with Credit
75 - 79	B-	Pass with Credit
70 - 74	C+	Pass
65 - 69	C-	Pass
60 - 64	D	Pass
0 - 59	F	Fail

COURSES

Semester I

FDNFD0001 - BASIC DRAWING I (3 cr)
FDNFD0002 - FASHION HISTORY (3 cr)
FDNFD0003 - HISTORY OF ART (3 cr)
FDNFD0004 - DESIGN FUNDEMENTAL I (3 cr)
GE0001 - GENERAL ENGLISH I (3 cr)

Semester II

FD1001 - FASHION ILLUSTRATION I (3 cr)
FDNFD0003 - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION DESIGN (3 cr)
FD1003 - PATTERN DEVELOPMENT I (3 cr)
FD1004 - SEWING STUDIO I (3 cr)
FD1005 - FASHION DESIGN STUDIO I (3 cr)

Semester III

FD1002 - FASHION ILLUSTRATION II (3 cr)
FD1006 - DIGITAL FLATS & SPECS (3 cr)
FD1009 - SEWING STUDIO II (3 cr)
FD1008 - PATTERN DEVELOPMENT II (3 cr)
FD1010 - FASHION DESIGN STUDIO II (3 cr)

Generated on 9/19/2025

Diploma in Fashion Design

DFD-001

Diploma

45 Credits

Program Progress

Credit Distribution

Program Description

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Create garments that reflect creativity and innovation through the use of foundational techniques achieved through shape, color, silhouette, proportion and fabrication.
Adapt and develop artistic abilities to form original fashion designs with understanding of diverse fashion proportions, utilizing hand and digital rendering techniques.
Effectively use appropriate, innovative technologies to conceptualize, create, produce and communicate fashion design and related concepts.
Develop an understanding of ethical and sustainable principles in fashion design considering environmental, social, economic, and political impacts of climate change.
Recognize and apply foundational concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion in the fashion design development process that honor communities and people who have been marginalized and excluded from the dominant fashion discourse.
Utilize information and communication technologies to research, evaluate, create, and communicate information as it relates to fashion design concepts at a foundational level.

ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA

All modules and assessable projects will be graded according to the following system. With respect to those units that are designated 'Approved for Pass/Fail' the grade will be either P or F:

Numerical Grade	Grade	Remark
97 - 100	A+	Pass with Honor
93 - 96	A	Pass with Honor
90 - 92	A-	Pass with Honor
85 - 89	B+	Pass with Credit
80 - 84	B	Pass with Credit
75 - 79	B-	Pass with Credit
70 - 74	C+	Pass
65 - 69	C-	Pass
60 - 64	D	Pass
0 - 59	F	Fail

Program Structure

Semester I

5 Courses

15 Credits

Semester II

5 Courses

15 Credits

Semester III

5 Courses

15 Credits