Portfolio Review Process
- Description of the Program
Apparel Design is one of two options offered in the Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles Department. Students completing this program of study receive a Bachelor of Arts in Apparel, Merchandising and Textiles.
Apparel Design is a rigorous program of study. The program provides design skills and knowledge in areas of the fashion industry from the concept of the product, through development and production, to marketing. Following are some of the areas included in this program:
- Design fundamentals
- Oral, written, and graphic communication
- Illustration and presentation methods
- Computer aided design
- Garment construction techniques
- Tailoring
- Draping
- Flat-Pattern
- Technical Design
- Textiles
- Fashion Forecasting
- Merchandising – Visual
- History of Costume and Textiles
- Textile and Apparel international trade, forecasting and business
Certification into to the Apparel Design Option will take place through a portfolio review and Application process. The application and portfolio need be submitted during the spring semester of your sophomore year. Certification into the program is competitive, enrollment is limited and decisions are final.
Courses within the Apparel Design option must be completed in the consecutive semester sequence shown [See section 6]. Students must certify into the Apparel Design option via the Portfolio Review and Application process before they are eligible to enroll in the following courses: AMT 311, 312, 314, 318, 410, 411, 412, 413 and 492. Since Apparel Design courses within the option are taught only once per semester per year, you must complete the courses in sequence and have the prerequisites completed before you take a given course. If you drop or fail a course, then you will be out of sequence, space in subsequent studio classes will have not be guaranteed and graduation can be delayed for up to a year or more.
Eligibility of applicants
Students wishing to certify in the Apparel Design option must have 2.70 cumulative GPA from a minimum of 40 completed credit hours from WSU or a combination of 40 or more transfer credit hours. Students must receive a C or better grade in all AMT courses.
The successful completion of the portfolio review is required to certify into the Apparel Design option.
Students MUST have successfully completed the following courses prior to beginning of the fall semester following the portfolio review: FA 110, AMT 108, 208, 210, 211 and 212 . If a student fails to be successful in completing these courses prior to the beginning of the fall semester following their portfolio review, they will not be certified into the Apparel Design option and will need to resubmit their portfolio the following year. If students have not completed these courses prior to the Portfolio Review and Application, they should include a ‘plan’ of how they will complete them by the following fall semester.
AMT 212 (currently AMT 315) is a tentative course number for the new Apparel Manufacturing course. The course number is subject to change.