Specialized training for wardrobe creation, maintenance, and supervision for theatre, film, video, and broadcast and cable television productions. Recommended for working stylists or as additional study for Fashion Styling certificate students looking to increase their versatility. After an introduction to both career concentrations - wardrobing and costume design- in SXG 100, students are encouraged to specialize in one concentration or the other depending on their interests and skills.
Not all courses are offered every semester.
Links direct you to current offerings.
A total of 13 courses is needed to complete this certificate.
Required Courses for Both Concentrations
(recommended in this order)
SXG 100 Wardrobe for Theatre, Film, and TV
SXS 130 Fashion Styling: Trade Craft from Fitting to Clothing Care (formerly SXM 100)
SXG 200 Costume Design: Film and Media Fashion Impact (formerly SXG 130)
SXW 425 Hand-Sewing, Mending, and Alteration Essentials
SXF 610 The Great Fashion Designers
SXF 650 Learn Today's Top Ten Design Motifs: Home, Events, and Fashion (formerly SXH 100)
SXG 175 The Great Costume Designers (formerly SXG 610)
SXF 500 Fabrication: Everything You Need to Know
Wardrobe Technician Concentration
Required Courses
SXG 150 Wardrobe: Tricks of the Trade (formerly SXM 105)
SXG 300 Wardrobe Technician Career Start-up
SXI 335 Fit, Balance and Proportion Fundamentals for Men's Image and Styling (formerly SXF
335)
SUS 016 Clothing Reconstruction
Personal Choice Courses
(choose 1)
SXW 400 Learn to Sew Like a Pro
SXG 125 The Role of A Costume Designer: Film, Video, TV, and Fashion Stories (formerly SXN
540)
Costume Design Specialist Concentration
Required Courses
SXG 125 The Role of the Costume Designer: Film, Video, TV and Fashion Stories (formerly SXN
540)
SXG 140 Costume Design: Theory and Practice (formerly SXG 120)
SXG 240 Costume Design: Life Drawing Basics for Costume Design (formerly SXG 140)
SXG 310 Costume Design Career Start-Up
Personal Choice Courses
(choose 1)
SXS 350 Fashion Styling: Men (formerly SXS 330)
SXI 335 Fit, Balance and Proportion Fundamentals for Men's Image and Styling (formerly SXF
335)
Students interested in a Professional Development Certificate of Completion must file an Affidavit Certificate Declaration after completing the first class of the certificate program.