The certificate curriculum in dressmaking and alteration prepares students for employment in the alterations department of department stores or for the operation of their own  business in dressmaking, tailoring, and alterations. 

​(NO G.E. CLASSES REQUIRED)

​REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DRESSMAKING & ALTERATIONS CERTIFICATE:

​Course	​Name	​Units
​FDM 052	​Knit Sewing (Spring semester only)	​2
​​FDM 105A	Beginning Sewing​	​3
​​FDM 105B	​Intermediate Sewing	​2
​​FDM 106	Advanced Sewing	3
​FDM 107	​Custom Tailoring (Spring semester only)	​2
​​FDM 109	​Flat Pattern Techniques (Fall semester only)	​3.5
​​FDM 113	​Fashion Draping (Spring semester only)	​3
​FDM 104	​Textile Fibers and Fabrics (Fall semester only)	​3
​FDM 110	​Corset Construction (Fall semester only)	​3
​FDM 212	​Advanced Draping (Spring semester only)	​2
​FDM 112	​Advanced Flat Pattern Making (Fall semester only)	3​
​FDM 213	​Apparel Line Production (Spring semester only)​	​3
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        IN ADDITION, SELECT 3 OR MORE UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:

Course​	Name​​		​Units
​Entrepreneurship 120​	​Introduction to ​​Working as a Freelance Independent Contractor		​1
​​​Entrepreneurship 121	​People Skills for the Freelancer		​1
​​​Entrepreneurship 122	​Opportunities in Freelance Industries and Trades		​1
​​​Entrepreneurship 123	​​​Marketing to Attract Customers and Grow Your Freelance Business		​1
​​​Entrepreneurship 124	​Survival Finance and Accounting for the Freelancer-Show Me the Money		​1
​Entrepreneurship 125	​​Launch Your Freelance Business		​1
​FDM 005	Fashion Lab		​.05-1
​FDM 058	Decorative Apparel​		.05
FDM 080​	​Embroidery		​1.5
​FDM 081	​Fabric Printing		​1.5
​​FDM 102	Promotion & Coordination		​3
​FDM 111A	​Fashion Illustration Techniques		​3
​FDM 140	​Fashion E-Commerce		3
​FDM 216	​Computer Flat Pattern Design, Grading and Marking		​3
​​FDM 299	Cooperative Work Experience Education		​​1​

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