COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FASHION DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TEX 4524 FASHION DESIGN ELECTIVE 1 2 0 4

Offered By

Textile Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OZAN KAYACAN

Offered to

Textile Engineering

Course Objective

This course is aimed to enable the students to understand fashion and design definitions, analyze body proportion and draw the female figure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define fashion terms and body proportion
2   To identify fashion marketing
3   To use techniques of preparing garment collections
4   To prepare fashion silhouettes, technical sketches and garment details
5   To operate CAD programme about designing garment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Fashion, ready-wear, haute couture definitions Creating an apparel line Market research Fashion research Design process
3 Body proportion Flat sketching Clothing categories Clothing silhouettes
4 Garment details Different shapes of collars and necklines Different examples of skirts and pants
5 Garment Details Different types of dresses
6 Color theory, color wheel Properties of color Color harmonies/schemes Designing a mini collection - Homework
7 Workshop - Market Research
8 Midterm
9 Gerber Artworks Designer Programme
10 Gerber Artworks Designer Programme
11 Gerber Artworks Photoshop Programme
12 Gerber Artworks Photoshop Programme
13 Gerber Artworks Draping Programme Gerber Artworks Painter Programme
14 Homework

Recomended or Required Reading

1. The Business of Fashion, D. L. Burns,N. Bryant, Fairchild Publications, New York, 2002
2. Fashion from Concept to Consumer, S. G. Frings, TechBooks, Pearson Education,, New Jersey, 2001
3. Figure Templates for Fashion Illustration, P. J. Ireland, Chrysalis Books Group, Spain, 2000
4. The Spec Manual, W. M. Bryant, Fairchild Publications, New York, 2001
5. Ready-To-Wear-Apparel Analysis, P. Brown,J. Rice, Prentice Hall, London, 2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, application and homework techniques are used as teaching and learning methods.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.20+ASG *0.30+FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0.20+ASG *0.30+RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Homeworks will be done ontime.

Assessment Criteria

Course outcomes are evaluated according to answers in exams and homeworks.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Fashion design supply list (tracing paper, HB pencil, eraser, plastic ruler etc.) is necessary for the third, fourth and the fifth lessons.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University Engineering Faculty
Textile Engineering Department
Tinaztepe Campus
35397 Buca / Izmir - TURKIYE
e-mail: ender.bulgun@deu.edu.tr, ozan.kayacan@deu.edu.tr
Tel: +90 232 301 77 09
Fax: +90 232 301 77 50

Office Hours

With license students: Tuesday 13:00-15:00 and Wednesday 10:30-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 4 9 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.12
LO.22
LO.32553
LO.44553
LO.54553