# Fashion and Costume Design (Certificate of Achievement)

San Diego Mesa College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Fashion

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### Summary

The Fashion and Costume Design Certificate of Achievement prepares students for careers in the fashion design, costuming, and manufacturing industries or transfer to university programs.  Students gain essential skills in garment design, illustration, and presentation while developing a strong technical background in pattern making, draping, and apparel construction.  This degree emphasizes both creative design and technical skills, allowing graduates to pursue roles in fashion design, costume design, wardrobe supervising, patternmaking, technical design, assisting stylists and designers, or costume shop managing in the theater, film, television, and fashion industries.

The Fashion program offers a variety of courses that allow students to develop skills to pursue careers in fashion and costume design, fashion merchandising, fashion design technology, fashion merchandising technology, and related fashion careers.

Students planning to transfer to a four-year institution should consult the counseling department and a Fashion faculty advisor for assistance in program planning.

### Requirements

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE MAJOR:** | | 29-35 |
| FASH 105 | Introduction to Fashion | 3 |
| or FASH 123 | Introduction to Costume Development | 3 |
| FASH 116 | Fashion Data Management | 1 |
| or FASH 175 | Computer Fashion Design: Adobe PhotoShop | 3 |
| FASH 120 | Fashion History and Trends | 3 |
| or FASH 122 | Ethnic Costume | 3 |
| FASH 176 | Computer Fashion Design: Adobe Illustrator | 3 |
| or FASH 142 | Fashion Illustration & Technical Sketching | 3 |
| FASH 125 | Fashion Selection | 3 |
| FASH 130 | Apparel Construction I | 3 |
| FASH 130L | Apparel Construction I Laboratory | 1 |
| FASH 140 | Clothing Design and Flat Pattern I | 3 |
| FASH 145 | Clothing Design Through Draping | 3 |
| FASH 145L | Clothing Design Through Draping Laboratory | 1 |
| FASH 168 | Textiles | 3 |
| FASH 270 | Work Experience | 1-2 |
| FASH 155 | Fashion Field Studies | 1-4 |
| or FASH 156 | International Fashion Field Studies: Overview | 1-4 |
| or FASH 157 | International Field Studies: Focused Study | 1-4 |
| or FASH 158 | Fashion Field Studies: Trade Shows/Markets | 1-4 |