The Fashion Studies Department at Columbia College Chicago offers majors in Fashion Design (BA and BFA) and Fashion Business
(BA). Visit colum.edu/academics for more information.
Students who complete their AAS degree in Fashion Design can transfer into the BFA in Fashion Design.
Students who have not completed their AAS degree in Fashion Design enter as BA students and can apply to the BFA.
AAS – Fashion Design
FASHI 1101 Flat Pattern Drafting I
FASHI 1102 Flat Pattern Drafting II
FASHI 1105 Design Principles in Apparel
FASHI 1130 History of Costume I
FASHI 1131 History of Costume II
FASHI 1151 Principles of Textiles
FASHI 1155 Clothing Construction I
FASHI 1156 Clothing Construction II
FASHI 1160 Tailoring
FASHI 2201 Draping
FASHI 2202 Design Studio: Apparel
FASHI 2211 Fashion Illustration
FASHI 2231 Fashion Marketing/Merch
Major Electives (2 from list below — 6 credits total)
FASHI 1120 Fashion Promotion
FASHI 2212 Adv Fashion Illustration
FASHI 2222 Computer-Aided Apparel Des
FASHI 2235 Apparel Quality Analysis
General Education Requirements
(For General Education Equivalencies, please see the
College of DuPage/Columbia College Chicago General
Reference Guide, or visit transfer.org
.)
BFA – Fashion Design
22-1105 Intro to Visual Culture
22-1210 Drawing I
22-1220 Fundamentals of 2-D Design
22-1230 Fundamentals of 3-D Design
27-1100 Intro to Fashion Studies
27-2610 Fashion Design: Concepts
LAS Core Requirements
College-wide electives
3
3
3
3
20
59
3
3
22
19
3
3
3
3
64
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Total credit hours to earn bachelor’s degree:
*limit in transfer of 62 total credits.
123
BA – Fashion Design (120 credits)
27-2601 Patternmaking: Flat Pattern
27-3601 Adv Pattern: Flat Pattern (college elective)
27-1610 Fashion Design Studio
27-2175 Fashion History Survey college-wide elective (CWE)
27-1620 Fundamentals of Textiles
27-1600 Garment Construction I
27-2600 Garment Construction II
27-3600 Adv Garment Construction (CWE)
27-2602 Patternmaking: Draping not transferrable*
27-2603 Fashion Illustration
27-1910 Intro to Fashion Business (CWE)
27-1925 Fashion Show Production (CWE)
27-3603 Fashion Illustration II (CWE)
27-3640 CAD: Patternmaking Fashion Des (CWE)
27-2915 Fashion Product Evaluation (CWE)
Liberal Arts + Sciences Core
Columbia College Chicago also requires degree-seeking students to complete Global
Awareness, U.S. Pluralism, Writing Intensive, and 2000-level LAS Core requirements for graduation. These requirements can be completed without taking additional credits by combining them with other courses.
(student must take 64 credit hours at COD to complete AAS + 59 credit hours at Columbia)
AP-14-16443(7/14)
July 2014