Advanced Fashion Design
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Advanced Fashion Design Certificate Program is designed to prepare students for a career as a fashion design room assistant or an assistant designer. The Advanced Fashion Design Certificate provides the student with advanced training in digital computer in designing, patternmaking and the mass production of apparel domestically and overseas. The course of study gives the students the current skills leading to certification and employment in the apparel industry. The course provides students with communication skills, the ability to collaborate and be detail orientated. This certificate requires a total of 62-66 units. The student is required to complete the Fashion Design Certificate (41-45 units) plus the Advanced Fashion Design Certificate requirements of 21 units. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.
Advanced Fashion Design Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Master's degree, Doctoral degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,040
- High salary: 194,530
- Average salary: 80190
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,580
- High salary: 133,180
- Average salary: 77280
Farm and Home Management Educators
Master's degree, Bachelor's degree
- Job growth: Declining
- Low salary: 36,780
- High salary: 85,230
- Average salary: 58120
All Careers in Advanced Fashion Design (24)
| Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Professional degree | Stable | 101,480 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Analysts | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 101,190 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Rising | 97,270 |
| Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Post-doctoral training | Stable | 86,350 |
| Area, Ethnic, & Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 84,290 |
| Fashion Designers | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Stable | 80,690 |
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Stable | 80,190 |
| Commercial & Industrial Designers | Bachelor's degree, Some college | Stable | 79,450 |
| English Language & Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Declining | 78,270 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 77,280 |
| Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 76,210 |
| Recreation & Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 75,890 |
| Education Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree | Stable | 72,090 |
| Range Managers | Bachelor's degree | Rising | 67,950 |
| Fabric & Apparel Patternmakers | High school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 67,670 |
| Secondary School Teachers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 64,580 |
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 63,620 |
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary | Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 61,490 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 58,120 |
| Costume Attendants | High school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 54,810 |
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | Master's degree, Certificate after high school | Stable | 45,590 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Stable | 44,930 |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, & Custom Sewers | High school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GED | Declining | 40,860 |
| Sewers, Hand | No high school diploma/GED, High school diploma/GED | Declining | 33,760 |
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Assemble to create an employment portfolio for entry- level employment in the fashion apparel industry as a fashion design room assistant or an assistant designer.
- Create a fashion trend booklet on one fashion category.
