Fashion (FASH Courses)
FASH 101 Fashion Industry and Marketing
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Explores all levels of the fashion industry including marketing, job market analysis,
and careers. Core components are the development of fashion goods; fashion meaning
and terminology; primary markets of materials including textiles, trims, leather,
and fur; secondary markets of design and production of apparel, accessories, and cosmetics.
Retail market level including domestic, regional and foreign markets, global sourcing,
strategies in fashion retailing; and the auxiliary level of supporting services.
Course not open to students who enrolled in and received credit for FCS 137.
FASH 102 Fashion Design Analysis
3.0 units.
Advisories: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Apparel selection for the individual and society based on socio-psychological influences
such as culture, history, design elements and principles, space and body analysis,
coordination, and purchasing guidelines. Course not open to students who took and
received credit for FCS 138.
FASH 103 Textiles
3.0 units.
Advisories: ENGL 100 - Writing in Career/Tech Fields
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: NA
Course Offered:
Fall
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A consumer-oriented analysis of textile products used in the apparel and interiors
industries today, including fibers, yarn, construction, fabric construction, dyeing,
finishing, and labeling. Emphasis is on selection, performance, suitability, and care
of textiles. Career opportunities as well as environmental and legal issues are discussed.
FASH 104 Historic Fashion/Costume
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: NA
Course Offered:
Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A study of period costume, its relationship to the political and social conditions
of the times, evolution from related arts, and influence on modern dress. Designed
for students of fashion, theater arts, and merchandising. Course not open to students
who took and received credit for FCS 144.
FASH 105 Race and Ethnicity in Fashion
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: NA
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Fashion and race in the context of social, cultural, and environmental influences
in the US. A focus is placed on members of historically racialized groups in the US
including Native American, African American, and/or Latino American communities who
are active producers and consumers of apparel. Apparel and textiles will be critically
examined with attention to racial formation discourses as they relate to ethnicity,
race, nation, class, culture, social moments, environmental-health disparities, and
policy.
FASH 106 Digital Illustration for Fashion
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: n/a
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Introduction to computer aided design and graphics in the fashion context. Creation
of surface designs for fabrics. Illustration of shading and tonal value in fashion
figure drawing and to illustrate the figure in proper scale and proportion. Use of
design elements and principles as applied to clothing design.
FASH 110 Apparel Construction 1
3.0 units.
Advisories: BASK 7011 - Basic Math ; and HOEC 7100A - Beg Clothing Construction
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An introduction to the fashion industry and potential employment opportunities. Presents
processes, principles, and techniques for constructing woven garments with the single
needle machine, industrial single needle machine, and overlock serger machine. Emphasizing
current custom and industrial techniques, including fit and care. Course not open
to students who enrolled in and received credit for FCS 140.
FASH 149 Work Experience Education
1.0 - 8.0 units.
Limitations on Enrollment: To participate in Cooperative Work Experience: (1) students must be working at a job
within their major, (2) students must be able to become involved in new or expanded
responsibilities on the job, (3) the employer must be willing to cooperate with the
college in the supervision and evaluation of the student and (4) the student must
attend all coordination/consultation meetings in addition to other work and class
responsibilities. NUMBER OF TIMES COURSE CAN BE REPEATED: Students enrolled in CWE
149 may earn up to 8 units of credit per semester not to exceed 16 units in total.
Any units earned in any other Cooperative Work Experience course will be included
in the 16 unit maximum. CWE Units Unpaid Placement: 1 unit 60 hours, 2 units 120 hours,
3 units 180 hours, 4 units 240 hours, 5 units 300 hours, 6 units 360 hours, 7 units
420 hours, 8 units 480 hours. CWE Units Unpaid Placement: 1 unit 75 hours, 2 units
150 hours, 3 units 225 hours, 4 units 300 hours, 5 units 375 hours, 6 units 450 hours,
7 units 525 hours.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Supervised employment extending classroom-based learning to an on-the-job learning
environment relating to the student's career and educational goals. In addition,
these work experiences improve the student's basic work skills and professional
competencies by creating career awareness, improving work habits, and fostering positive
workplace attitudes. Cooperative Work Experience credit courses require 54 hours of
work (paid or unpaid) per unit, rounded down in 0.5 unit increments.