The Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Knitwear Design Program prepares students to creatively address the fashion design process with a specialized upper division focus in knitwear design. The curriculum balances industry standards knit construction for full fashion knitwear as well as creative exploration of fiber and form for inspired design solutions. Students balance conventional design approaches with design innovation by mastering the hand loom as well as industrial knitting equipment and programming for fabric development, construction, specification, and cost analysis. They graduate having completed design concepts for a collection and designing and producing fashion knitwear garments that are featured at an exhibition attended by the industry.
What Our Students Learn In our program, students finalize design themes, silhouettes, and specifications using the latest technology. They research future trends and historic art and design movements to solve contemporary design problems. Working individually and in teams, students practice resolving design challenges with a global perspective taking into account cultural, political, socio-economic, environmental, regulatory, and ethical viewpoints.
Why FIDM Our Industry Partner Projects allow students to collaborate on real-world design projects with industry leaders. As their final thesis project, students develop the concept, specifications and samples for a complete
Knitwear design & construction by Emiko Teraski knitwear collection to be showcased at our annual industry-attended Bachelor of Arts Thesis Exhibition in the FIDM Museum & Galleries.
Required classes for Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (for students with a prior FIDM degree in a pathway major and qualified transfer students).
BDSN 3600 Creative Design Strategies
BDSN 3750 Advanced Garment Construction
GNST 2530 Principles of Kinesiology+ GNST 2530L Principles of Kinesiology Lab+
GNST 2530L Principles of Kinesiology Lab+
GNST 2630 Principles of Chemistry
GNST 2750 Seminar in the Arts
GNST 3000 World Political History
GNST 3150 Research on Topics of Design History
GNST 3600 Future Trends in Society
GNST 3700 Multicultural Perspectives Through the Short Story
GNST 3750 Mapping Your World: Introduction to Global Production 3
GNST 3800 Icons of Culture: The Context of Meaning
GNST 3900 Issues in Contemporary Society
KNTD 3400 Fundamentals of Machine Knitting
KNTD 3700 Stitch & Color Design
KNTD 3800 Knit Garment Construction
KNTD 4100 Full Fashion Knitting
KNTD 4200 Industrial Stitch Programming
KNTD 4400 Industrial Silhouette Programming
KNTD 4800 Knitwear Construction Studio
KNTD 4850 Knitwear Collection Design
MPDV 3100A Advanced Technical Illustration I
MPDV 3600B Advanced Technical Illustration II
TEXT 1750 Creating Fabric Structures (6 hours with Lab)
Total Units of Credit 91
+ Available as an online (distance learning) course
This program starts on the Los Angeles campus.
Prerequisite: FIDM A.A. in Fashion Design or an Associate's degree in a related field
One-on-one advisement is available to students from other FIDM Majors to consider eligibility for special admissions to this program. Contact the appropriate department chairperson.
FPending approval by FIDM's accreditors NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design) and WSCUC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission)
