9 Courses
This course equips students with skills and knowledge to identify and investigate
quality indigenous or existing fashion designs. It will enable students to prepare and
apply major findings to innovate and create new products.
This course equips the student with knowledge and skills in the creation of various
forms of printed textiles. It shall emphasize the step-by-step processes of textile
design and application of approved designs on textiles.
The course aims at equipping students with knowledge and skills in producing patterns
for garment construction. Emphasis shall be placed on lingerie, pants, elaborate
necklines and draping designs.
The course aims at equipping students with deeper knowledge and skills in various
garment construction processes. At the end of the semester students will be able to:
1. Identify and handle special fabrics for various fashionable purposes.
2. Identify, familiarize and apply under-lying fabrics for various purposes and
effects
3. Construct lingerie: i.e., petticoats, panties, brassieres, waist slips etc.
4. Construct shorts, culottes and trousers.
This course equips the student with knowledge of various types of fabrics, their
processes of construction, properties and main characteristics. Emphasis will be
placed on woven fabrics as the main source of material for locally manufactured
garments.
This course equips students with knowledge and practical skills in art forms that are
generally referred to as fashion illustration. It enables the students to freely express
their ideas with various drawing tools including variety of computer software
programmes on paper as a preliminary step in creating their fashionable collections.
This course equips students with enhanced knowledge and skills in operation of the
computer as a drawing and designing media for fashion/textile activities. At the end of the semester students will be able to:
1. Use various computer applications to design apparels and textile fabrics
This course equips students with basic knowledge and skills in identifying objects that
can be used as fashion accessories. It goes further to enable students explore their environments for indigenous and contemporary natural and man-made objects that
can be used as fashion accessories.
This course provides introductory views of managerial factors which influence day today operation of a fashion factory. It is designed to assist students in understanding
the processes and benefits of effective management as a means to efficiency and
proper sustenance of a business. Students will acquire general management skills that
will help them to recognize and organize physical and financial resources needed to
run a venture.