Adapt their artistic abilities to support their future design careers.

Assess, propose, and apply various techniques related to drafting, draping, and constructing of garments.

Develop a systematic, critical approach to problem solving at all levels of the design process.

Relate the design process to the appropriate manufacturing process.

Demonstrate professionalism by managing time to meet deadlines with quality work and effectively collaborating in teams.

Research and relate fashion design to a broader socio economic, historical, and environmental context.

Articulate design ideas verbally, visually, and digitally.

To promote an understanding of Fashion and Textile Design in relation to the needs of fashion, contractual furnishings, home textiles, and the business to business textile products.

To provide hands-on experience using a set of complex technologies found in industry today to build prototypical solutions to solve current needs.

To provide experience in responding to market opportunities with creative and innovative products that integrate a set of academic disciplines such as textile materials, design fundamentals, business fundamentals, sourcing, data mining of market information, and new developments in material science and engineering.

To create an educational environment that approximates the actual conditions in industry by building studios and workshops containing state-of-the-art systems, resources, technologies, and a community of creativity and innovation.

To develop strong multi-functional teamwork and communication skills using visual and verbal presentation assignments and interfaces with practitioners in the design community and the industry.