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BFA.APPAR.120 - BFA: Apparel Design (120)

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During sophomore year, students begin exploring apparel and bodily ornamentation as a means of identity projection/expression. Studios offer both a conceptual lens through which majors investigate individual and social identity, and core design and construction skills, including interdisciplinary approaches to making.

Through self-expression and visual communication, juniors learn to center their creative voices within their design process and its outcomes. Along the way they focus on knitwear, making both by hand and with knitting machines, to experiment three-dimensionally and explore the unique properties of knit fabrics.

Degree Requirements

FIRST-YEAR

FALL

WINTERSESSION

SPRING

See First-Year Program of Study

15

Studio Elective

3

See First-Year Program of Study

15

SOPHOMORE

FALL

WINTERSESSION

SPRING

APPAR 3102 - Intro to Apparel Studio

6

Elective

3

APPAR 3121 - Sophomore Apparel Studio

6

APPAR 3122 - Sophomore: Identity/Identities I (Fall) (SEI)

3

APPAR 2132 - Sophomore: Identity/Identities II (Spring)

3

LAEL 1035 - Histories of Dress

3

Liberal Arts

6

12

3

15

JUNIOR

FALL

WINTERSESSION

SPRING

APPAR 3128 - Junior Machine Knitwear

3

Elective

3

APPAR 3133 - Junior Tailoring Studio

6

APPAR 2123 - Junior Cut & Sew

3

Liberal Arts

6

APPAR 3130 - Junior: Design I (Fall)

3

Liberal Arts

3

12

3

12

SENIOR

FALL

WINTERSESSION

SPRING

APPAR 3140 - Senior Collection Development

6

Elective

3

APPAR 3141 - Senior Apparel Collection

6

APPAR 3142 - Senior Thesis: Design Identity (Fall)

3

APPAR 3143 - Senior Thesis: Design Identity (Spring)

3

Liberal Arts

6

Liberal Arts

3

15

3

12

Total Credits: 120

Notes:

  • Apparel Design majors receive art history credit for APPAR 1035 - Histories of Dress.