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<noframes><head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../templates/cai.css" type="text/css"> </head> <base target="parent"> <table width="550" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b> <span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: #CC0000; text-transform: uppercase"> PROFESSIONAL Pattern Design LABORATORY CERTIFICATE Courses Description</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: #CC9900">For a fast retrieval of a course description, use Ctrl + F (PC) or Command + F (Mac) and enter the course number</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666; text-transform:uppercase">EXTRA COURSES </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666">PDSN 0210</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"> PATTERN DESIGN LABORATORY <br> This no-credit period is open to all students who need additional help in draping, pattern, drafting, tailoring, or sewing.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666">GNST 4101</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"> STUDY TOUR IN EUROPE <br> An optional course. The President of ACA will invite students to see the world of fashion through a visit to important industry and cultural events in Europe. The ability to judge significant factors of fashion and to analyze potential trends is developed. Students take field trips to major fashion houses, trade shows, and similar function. Special invitations to opera performances, art galleries, and museum exhibitions broaden creativity. The preparation of reports develops critical judgment. Prominent member of the fashion world lecture and give presentations as part of the course. Students will also turn in a research paper on a selected topic.<br> <b>3 UNITS</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666">GNST 4102</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"> STUDY TOUR IN ASIA<br> An optional course. The CAO of ACA will invite students to see the world of fashion through a visit to important industry and cultural events in Asia. The ability to judge significant factors of fashion and to analyze potential trends is developed. Students take field trips to major fashion houses, trade shows, and similar function. Special invitations to opera performances, art galleries, and museum exhibitions broaden creativity. The preparation of reports develops critical judgment. Prominent member of the fashion world lecture and give presentations as part of the course. Students will also turn in a research paper on a selected topic.<br> <b>3 UNITS</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">QUARTER 1</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 1211 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PATTERN DESIGN I </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"> <br> Basic understanding of fundamental flat pattern making, detailed body measurements adapted to building bodice blocks on dotted paper. Each human body is unique. Thus, students will learn the theory of body form and the mastery of fitting different human bodies through the scientific application of measuring techniques. Class includes structures for sleeve and body styling. Course recommended for fashion design students. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 1221 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PATTERN STUDIO I </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#0033CC"><br> </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666">This course introduces students to basic sewing techniques with the ultimate goal of producing a sample sewing book. Importance of development of skills with industrial power sewing machine is emphasized. Also students complete sewing of basic bodice. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 1201 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">MOULAGE I </span> <span style="font-size: 7.0pt;color:#0033CC"><br> </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666">Basic understanding of fundamental Three Dimensional draping procedures to create complicated silhouettes. Students develop original designs incorporating muslin, draping, transformed into flat pattern and finishing.<br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/ LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">MKTG 4100</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000"> CLOTHING AND SOCIETY </span><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:7.0pt">Prerequisite: FDSN 3112 <br> An advanced social science course that examines the development of dress, adornment, and appearance as a nonverbal mode of communication and explores the meaning of clothing in our global fashion market place. </span><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt">3 UNITS:</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> 3 HOURS LECTURE PER WEEK </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">QUARTER 2</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 2211 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">ADVANCED PATTERN DESIGN I </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"><br> This course provides a foundation in flat pattern making; separates and casual apparel for the sports wear market. Students work through carefully selected projects from the fashion design department students. Emphasis on interpretation of fashion sketches and their transformation from design to pattern making. Fundamentals of grading are introduced. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 2221</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000"> ADVANCED PATTERN STUDIO I </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"><br> This course teaches the technique of sewing to put together casual apparel for the sports wear market using current garment industry techniques. Emphasis is on identifying different fashion fabric for developing sewing techniques. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">CDSN 1041</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000"> COSTUME HISTORY I </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#0033CC"><br> </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666">A general survey course tracing the change of western clothing tradition as a source of fashion and design, set against the development of culture from antiquity to the 19<sup>TH</sup> century. Students begin with an exploration of the Western ideals of beauty and continue with a specific study of the major areas of fashion revivals: classic, exotic, country and romantic. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS PER WEEK INCLUDES SLIDE LECTURES, FIELD TRIPS, AND PROJECTS </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">TDSN 3201 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">TEXTILE ENGINEERING I</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"><br> Students will further their understanding of fabric and printing techniques in order to produce fabric from their original artwork. Students will also be taught various advanced surface treatments on cloth, including burn-out and dying. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">QUARTER 3</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 2212 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">ADVANCED PATTERN DESIGN II</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:green"> </span> <span style="font-size:7.0pt; color:#666666"><br> Pattern making of stretch, knit, and woven fabric and its application to creative body contouring design for sports wear and evening wear. Working from the sketches of fashion design students, pattern maker students will apply denim techniques to functional active sports wear, and swim wear, in particular. Students gain confidence in their work through peer critique. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 2222 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">ADVANCED PATTERN STUDIO II </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"><br> In this course, students will learn the different uses of the industrial sewing machine and their application to stretch, knit, and woven fabric to create body contouring design for sports wear, denim, and evening wear. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 3120</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000"> INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL PATTERN STUDIO </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"> <br> This course will teach students how to utilize techniques for future industry solutions by seizing the immediate opportunity to implement technology on their premises, with the advantage of expanding. Course includes unlimited number of styles, fabrics, layers and size per file and more. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/ALB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">MNGT 4300</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000"> SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT </span><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:7.0pt">Prerequisite: GNST 2510 This course is designed for students who ultimately are going to open and run their own businesses, with an emphasis on the fashion industry. The course will take the student from the basics of choosing a legal business form, through accounting for Management, Financial Planning, Basics of Income Tax, Investment Management and Wealth Building, Branding and Trademarks, Marketing and Sales, and a wealth of information on the process of developing effective business habits that lead to success. We will examine the entire process of Motivation, Discipline, Time Management, Goal Setting, Proven Success Strategies, and other like subjects. </span><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt">3 UNITS:</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> 3 HOURS LECTURE PER WEEK</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">QUARTER 4</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 2213 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">ADVANCED PATTERN DESIGN III </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"><br> Students are encouraged to analyze work of fashion designer's collection of active wear. Students will gain technical skills in different fabrics and their qualities related to active while putting together pattern. Introduction to ski wear, tennis, jogging, riding, sailing, golf and other sports wear. Students will make patterns based on fashion design students? work. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 2223</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000"> ADVANCED PATTERN STUDIO III </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"><br> Students will gain sewing techniques, familiarity with their qualities related to active wear with putting together garments, including ski wear, tennis, jogging, riding, sailing, golf and other sports. <br> <b>3 UNITS:</b> 3 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 3140</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000"> GALLERY FASHION SHOW PORTFOLIO</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC9900"> </span> <span style="font-size:7.0pt; color:#666666"><br> Each student develops a collection in an individualized area of apparel specialization. A representative group of samples from the collection is completed through individual study under the guidance of an experienced design instructor. Students will also learn the digital skills applicable to their final portfolio. A four-week internship in the industry accompanies this course. <br> <b>1 UNITS:</b> 1 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">PDSN 3230 </span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#CC0000">GALLERY FASHION SHOW PREPARATION </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#666666"><br> Students learn the importance of how a balanced collection is developed through meetings, discussions, and modification with pattern designer and professional model. <br> <b>5 UNITS:</b> 5 HOURS LECTURE/LAB PER WEEK </span></p> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style2 { color: #FF0000; font-weight: bold; } --> </style> </td> </tr> </table> </noframes>
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