School: Fanshawe College

Program：Fashion Design

Program Description:

The fast-paced, rapidly changing world of fashion needs people to produce innovative and forward thinking designs. If you are interested in a career that rewards your passion for developing and creating a cutting-edge product, the Fashion Design program will help design your future.

Fanshawe's program provides a supportive and nurturing environment for you and other emerging Canadian fashion designers. As a student, you'll develop creative designs, visual communication and business marketing skills, as well as apparel production technologies. As well, you'll have the opportunity to learn practical skills like fashion illustration, computer aided design, pattern-making and draping, and garment construction. 

In addition to learning these valuable techniques in class, you'll have the opportunity to apply them through a combination of lab work, field trips, and work term experience. As part of these experiential learning requirements, you'll also receive advice from faculty and other professionals in the Portfolio and Career Development course. By the time you've finished your degree, you can be on the job and ready to work.

With an focus on a balance of artistic, theoretical, and practical training, the Fashion Design program can give you a head start in the career you're looking for.

Advantages:

Fashion Design is a three year co-operative Ontario College Advanced Diploma program providing professional career-directed training in the development, production management and marketing of apparel design. Through classroom theory, lecture, lab work, field trips and work term experience, skills are applied. Networking with industry professionals promotes future employment opportunities. Emphasis is placed on design analysis, apparel manufacturing and technology, and design communications and marketing. Skills such as fashion illustration, computer-aided design, pattern-making and draping, and garment construction techniques are taught, and supported by studies of textile technology, historical research, manufacturing processes and applied computerized technology in the fashion industry. The program fosters creative and independent problem solving in students, preparing them for a future in the various sectors of the rapidly changing fashion industry.

Admission Requirement:

OSSD with courses from the College (C), University (U), 
University/College (M), or Open (O) stream WITH: 
- Any Grade 12 English (C) or (U) 
- Any Grade 11 or Grade 12 Mathematics* (C), (U), or (M) 
OR
Academic and Career Entrance Certificate (ACE) 
OR
Ontario High School Equivalency Certificate (GED) AND: 
- Any Grade 11 or Grade 12 Mathematics* (C), (U), or (M) 
OR
Mature Applicant with standing in the required courses stated above

Note:

• *Grade      12 Foundations for College Mathematics (C) preferred.

Tuition Fees:

Canadian Students

International Students

Career：

Graduates find employment in positions of development production and production in apparel manufacturing including designers, assistant designers, technical designers, computerized fashion illustrators, pattern makers, graders, quality controller technicians, or CAD aided design technologists.  Graduates could also become independent designers or consultants.

Credits Transfer

Fanshawe has pathway partnerships with over 60 institutions worldwide.  From degree completion to Master's Program admissions pathways – we have it covered.

Pathways database

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