Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design

Become the next big name in fashion

Design your original collection and high-profile career in SCAD's top-ranked, global program

As a SCAD fashion student, you'll master new markets, technologies, and trends as you become a leader in the international business of style. SCAD students are poised to shape the fashion landscape thanks to mentorship from influential fashion insiders and expert faculty who've worked with top houses and brands. You'll also gain an all-access pass to prime design resources and star-studded signature events like internationally renowned SCAD FASHION runway shows.

Fashion Technology

In this studio course, students are introduced to professional standard sewing techniques and apparel construction. Through assignments, the fundamental techniques are applied and explored to study proper garment construction and execution.

Introduction to Textiles

This lecture/studio course introduces students to the qualities and properties of fashion fabrics. By investigating the fibers, quality, construction, care and finishing of textiles, students learn the basics of fabric identification and specific uses in the fashion industry. The course requires studio projects and provides demonstrations of basic methods of textile design development, weaving, printing and dyeing.

Introduction to Fashion Design

This studio course addresses the basic elements of fashion design. Assignments introduce the design processes of trend and fabric research, storyboarding compiling, color story, design innovation and the 2D to 3D development of creative ideas.

Pattern Development

This studio course focuses on advanced garment construction. It explores the development of basic level apparel styles through the application of pattern drafting principles. Students draft and execute professional standard patterns through flat pattern methods, measurements and rub-off. Students study the full process of garment construction from initial design through prototyping and finishing. P

Introduction to Fashion Sketching

This course introduces fashion sketching techniques to communicate the ideas, concepts and details of garments by visually interpreting fashion apparel, including the body proportions and garment fit used in basic fashion sketching.

History of Fashion

This course presents a visual history of fashion from ancient Egypt to the present, with particular emphasis on recent history from the mid-19th through the early 21st centuries. Students discuss and analyze historical periods and their influence on contemporary fashion.