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Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences
2004 Randolph Ave.
MAIL #4140
St. Paul, MN 55105
(651) 690-6669



Apparel Design

With this concentration, students are prepared for careers in the fashion and apparel industry as it relates to apparel design. The student, in addition to taking courses in her major field, completes an art minor. She is prepared for careers in theatrical, technical, and ready-to-wear/custom design. Students have the opportunity to substitute a year of study at the London College of Fashion or other approved study abroad institutions.

Required Major Courses:
FASH 2050 Textiles
FASH 2100 Apparel Construction and Analysis
FASH 2150 Sociocultural Aspects of Clothing
APPD 3050 Advanced Construction
FASH 3100 History of Costume
APPD 3150 Patternmaking I
APPD 4050 Fashion Illustration
FASH 4100 History of Fashion
APPD 4150 Patternmaking II
APPD 4800 Apparel Design Seminar


Requires Art Minor:
ART 1000 Two-Dimensional Design
ART 1010 Three-Dimensional Design
ART 1110 Introduction to Art History
ART 1200 Drawing
ART 2150 Color
ART 2250 Art & Technology


Recommended Elective:
MRCH 3200 Technical Garment
APPD 4604 Internship (Senior Year)


General Requirements:
History
Social Science
Literature
Fine Arts
Math/Statistics
Lab Science
Foreign Language (3)
Theology/Philosophy (3)
Reflective Women
Global Search
Writing Intensive Courses (4)
Exercise Activities (2)

Options available to students in this program: A year at New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology or
London College of Fashion

For course descriptions please see the academic catalog at the following website under Family, Consumer, and Nutritional Sciences. http://minerva.stkate.edu/academiccatalog.nsf/Baccalaureate?OpenForm