Fashion Design (FDAAS)

Award: Associate in Applied Science Degree
Program Location: Elkhorn Valley Campus

The Fashion Design degree is designed to provide students with fashion design principles, entrepreneurial skills, and the practical knowledge required to enter the fashion industry. The program partners with Omaha Fashion Week to provide a series of fashion apprenticeships for students in this program.

Recommended Program Map

Click here to see the recommended Program Map for this degree. Courses are listed by quarter to show the fastest path to your degree and should be completed in the order listed. If you are unable to complete all courses listed in a quarter, complete as many courses in this sequence as your schedule allows. If you have questions or concerns about your map, please call 531-622-2400.

Graduation Requirements
Major Requirements: 54.0

Electives Requirements: 18.0 - 21.0

General Education: 22.5

Total credit hours required: 94.5 - 97.5

The following General Education courses are recommended for Fashion Design (FDAAS): Critical Thinking/Creativity & Social/Cultural Awareness: ARTS 1000

Major Requirements for Fashion Design

FASH 1000 - Fashion Design Principles 4.5 Credits
FASH 1400 - History of Fashion 4.5 Credits
FASH 2100 - Fashion Illustration 4.5 Credits
FASH 2200 - Digital Design Principles for Fashion Designers 4.5 Credits
FASH 2981 - Fashion Apprenticeship I 3 Credits
FASH 2982 - Fashion Apprenticeship II 3 Credits
FASH 2983 - Fashion Apprenticeship III 3 Credits
ARTS 1010 - Drawing 4.5 Credits
ARTS 1050 - Creative Careers 4.5 Credits
ARTS 1020 - 2-D Design 4.5 Credits
DIMA 1120 - Digital Design: Vector 4.5 Credits
INTD 1260 - Color Theory 4.5 Credits
INTD 1310 - Fundamentals of Textiles 4.5 Credits

Electives

Select Four Courses from the Following:

ARTS 1030 - 3-D Design 4.5 Credits
ARTS 1110 - Art History - Prehistory to 1400 4.5 Credits
ARTS 2060 - Jewelry 4.5 Credits
ARTS 2160 - Intermediate Jewelry 4.5 Credits
ARTS 2230 - Native American Art 4.5 Credits
CHEM 1010 - College Chemistry 6 Credits
DIMA 1230 - Drawing for Electronic Media 4.5 Credits
ENTR 1050 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 4.5 Credits
ENTR 2040 - Entrepreneurship Feasibility Study 4.5 Credits
ENTR 2050 - Marketing for the Entrepreneur 4.5 Credits
ENTR 2090 - Entrepreneurship Business Plan 4.5 Credits
FASH 2900 - Special Topics in Fashion Design Variable Credits
FASH 2920 - Fashion Practicum 4.5 Credits
INFO 1957 - Innovative Technologies and Wearables 4.5 Credits
MATH 1410 - Statistics 4.5 Credits
PHOT 1101 - Basic Digital Photography 6 Credits

Associate in Applied Sciences General Education Requirements (22.5 credit hours)

The following are General Education requirements for an Associate in Applied Sciences degree (AAS). Students may not use the same course to satisfy more than one degree requirement.

Communication

1 Course 4.5 credit hrs.

Select 1 Level I course from the list of Communication General Education courses in the current course catalog.

Gen Ed Communication course options

Quantitative/Numeracy

1 Course 4.5 - 5.0 credit hrs.

Please check your degree program for recommended Math course.

Select 1 college level math course from the list of General Education math courses in the current course catalog.

Gen Ed Math course options

*Based on the Math course you select, pre-requisites may be required.

Critical Thinking/Creativity & Social/Cultural Awareness

1 Course 4.5 credit hrs.

Select 1course from the list of Humanities or Social Sciences General Education course options in the current course catalog.

Gen Ed Humanities course options

Gen Ed Social Science course options

Scientific Inquiry

1 Course 4.5-6.0 credit hrs.

Select 1 course from list of Natural or Social Science General Education courses in the current course catalog.

Gen Ed Natural Science course options

Gen Ed Social Science course options

*Students choosing a Social Sciences course to satisfy the Scientific Inquiry requirement should take a Humanities course to satisfy the Critical Thinking/Creativity and Social/Cultural Awareness competency.

Professionalism/Life Skills & Information Literacy

1 Course 4.5

Select one of the following courses.

EXPL 1000 - Exploratory Studies
INFO 1001 - Information Systems and Literacy
HMRL 1010 - Human Relations Skills