Fashion Design
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Fashion Design Certificate program is designed to provide a course of study that prepares students for entry-level employment as a professional and competent in the field of the fashion apparel industry as a worker in the design room or equivalent. Individuals with this certificate are able to design, build a apparel line, illustrate by hand and on the computer garments, alter patterns, and create patterns manually as well as on the computer. This course of study brings the student deeper into the fashion field. This certificate requires the completion of 41-45 units. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.
Fashion Design Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.
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 Fashion Design (4)
| 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 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 77,280 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 58,120 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic design principles to design salable garments to appropriate target markets.
- Prepare a cost sheet for a define seasonal heading in the apparel industry as a design worker in the design room to know the wholesale cost of the garment for sale.