• Program Overview
  This is a general description of the Fashion Design Program.
• Course List
  The course list is a complete list of the core curriculum for the FADS program.

Fashion design provides you with a key for entering the glamorous world of fashion! Create your own designs, work with beautiful fabrics, plan for major fashion shows, and initiate a "new look."

The Fashion Design specialization is flexible to permit a minor in another subject. Depending on your special interest, you might choose from such areas as art, business, merchandising, or a broad-based background that will enhance your career opportunities. An important part of the program is the senior internship, a time when you can gain practical experience before graduation.

Fashion design students have a number of special opportunities at Texas Tech. Field trips are available to nearby clothing and textile manufacturing plants and the Dallas Market Center. Other tour opportunities are provided throughout the program of study. Students have access to well-equipped laboratories for fashion design and production, as well as a museum on campus which features an extensive collection of historical textiles and fashions.

Career opportunities for graduates may include designing couture or mass-produced fashions, pattern drafting, pattern grading, fashion illustration, fashion coordination, or styling. Those who have minor in business, mass communications, or art further expand the range of possible positions in industry - from designing, fabrics to owning, managing, or operating a private business.

• FADS 1301 - Fashion Design I
  Prerequisites: none
  Analysis of design elements and principles with applications in apparel.

• FADS 1302 - Fashion Illustration
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 1301, ART 1324 or equivalents.
  Fashion drawing as a communication tool in apparel design.

• FADS 1303 - Clothing Construction I
  Prerequisites: none
  Application of basic clothing construction principles. Majors and nonmajors section.

• FADS 2301 - Fashion Design II
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 1302.
  Interpretation and application in apparel design.

• FADS 2303 - Clothing Construction II
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in C&T 1330 or 2301, FADS 1303.
  Application of advanced clothing construction principles and tailoring techniques.

• FADS 2308 - Flat Pattern Design I
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 2301.
  Application of basic flat pattern techniques in apparel design.

• FADS 3001 - Creative Design
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 2308. Technology, production, and promotion methods applied to creative apparel design.
  

• FADS 3301 - Fashion Design III
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 2303, 2308.
  Application of design elements and principles interpreted through draping techniques.

• FADS 3308 - Flat Pattern Design II
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 2308.
  Application of advanced flat pattern techniques in apparel design.

• FADS 4000 - Individual Studies
  Prerequisites: none
  May be repeated for up to 6 hour credit.

• FADS 4001 - Creative Design II
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 3001, 3308, ART 3339 or equivalents.
  Technology, production, and promotion methods applied to creative apparel design. May be repeated for credit.

• FADS 4301 - Fashion Design IV
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 2308, ART 2320, or equivalents.
  Systematic approach to design integrating functional and aesthetic aspects of apparel.

• FADS 4303 - History and Philosophy of Dress
  Prerequisites: Junior standing and a grade of C or higher in ART 1310 or 1311, or departmental approval.
  Apparel throughout the ages as reflected in cultures of the past and as an influence on contemporary design trends.

• FADS 4304 - Fashion Theory
  Prerequisites: Senior standing and a grade of C or higher in MER 2340.
  Fashion theory and concepts examined through social, psychological, and economic systems (Writing Intensive).

• FADS 4305 - Computer Applications in Apparel Design
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 3308.
  Visual and conceptual application of design elements and principles interpreted through computer-aided design.

• FADS 4307 - Apparel Manufacturing
  Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in FADS 2301, and 3308.
  Apparel manufacturing production and distribution.

• FADS 4389 - Professional Practices for Fashion Design
  Prerequisites: Departmental approval and 2.00 cumulative GPA.
  Planning, and implementing strategies necessary for securing career positions in fashion design; emphasis on portfolio development and presentation.

• FADS 4390, 4391 - Internship in Fashion Design
  Prerequisites: A 2.00 cumulative GPA and a grade of C or higher in FADS 3001, 3301, 3308, 4301, 4307, 4389.
  Applied problems in fashion design emphasizing student participation in business and industry.