The study of Fashion Design and production balances your creative vision with technical skills and an in-depth understanding of the fashion industry. Students can prepare for a professional career in apparel design, marketing, manufacturing, and product development.
When students pursue a BFA in Art + Design: Fashion Design, they will develop a wide range of skills and knowledge: advanced fashion design concepts such as computer-aided design (CAD), technical design and production, business in the fashion industry, public speaking and presentation, and contemporary fashion trends.
Students will utilize up-to-date software and fashion-forward techniques to develop a strong and comprehensive portfolio of work. Juniors and seniors in the program develop full lines of clothing with opportunities to exhibit their collections at the annual CVPA Fashion Show, industry shows, and retail galleries.
Internships and networking opportunities help students make industry connections in Boston and New York, and graduates will be ready to compete successfully for jobs throughout the fashion industry.
Students will enhance their skills in both design and production as they develop a portfolio of their work. For the senior capstone project, they will bring together all that they have learned and created—including their own collections for apparel and fashion.
Foundations Program
Required of All Majors (except Art History and Music)
The Foundations Program is a rigorous program designed to promote creativity, to develop technical and conceptual skills, and to provide an essential awareness of our visual culture. Its drawing, two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and digital courses serves as prerequisites-requisites for all 200 or higher-level courses in Art + Design and Art Education programs. Its art history component, Introduction to the Study of Art, serves as a prerequisite for higher-level Art History Program study that is demanded by each of the studio art departments.
Except where transfer or advance placement examination credits are accepted in lieu of requirements, first-year students may expect to take five courses, totaling 15 credits, in each of their two first-year semesters. The exception being Art Education majors due to of licensure requirements and increased credit load.
The successful completion of the Foundations program is a required of all candidates for a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
ARH ___ Art History Elective (300/400 level) - Credits: 6
Five courses at any level, may include studios - Credits: 15
Major Studios
The following are designated courses, each of which requires a grade of C or better for advancement. Students who receive less than a C in one of these courses shall be subject for review that may result in provisional continuation or dismissal from the option.
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