Design Degrees Online

Apparel, Textiles, and Design

The Apparel, Textiles, and Design major is a broad based program providing preparation for entry into the fashion industry, creative sewing and design careers, and graduate school. Core courses include clothing design and construction, textiles, costume history, and fashion merchandising. A senior internship is available in an ATD professional workplace. A minor in art or business is recommended.

Costume Technology
Undergraduate and Graduate study

One of the most comprehensive programs in the country, costume technology trains drapers and shop managers for professional theatre companies. It has two resident faculty members whose work is complemented by costume design faculty. Students are required to take costume design, costume history, drawing and painting, hair history and styling, shop management, and sculpture. For the 14 to 20 productions each year, students spend more than 20 hours a week in lab classes in which costumes are built. Costume technology emphasizes construction technique, problem-solving, shop organization, and management, including the use of computers for costume stock inventory and shop records. In the final year of the BFA program, an exceptional student may serve as shop manager for a major production and will act as lead draper for one or more shows. In the final year of the MFA program, the thesis requirement includes serving as shop manager for one full term.

Costume Design
Undergraduate and Graduate study

Costume design is a rigorous program that offers hands-on design experience in theatre, opera, dance and film. Four resident faculty members teach a demanding curriculum designed to prepare students for successful careers in the entertainment industry. Students study life drawing, rendering, costume history and three full years of costume design as well as all aspects of costume production and costume crafts. Students are given considerable production experience, working in five completely different state-of-the-art theatrical spaces on several fully staged productions each year. The program enables the student to graduate with an impressive portfolio of renderings and photography of realized designs.