Study design, pattern making and cutting-edge technology to produce everything from ready-to-wear through to made-to-measure fashion. Your journey starts in this two-year Associate Degree where you will develop creative and technical skills whilst working closely with the fashion industry. You learn to blend theory with practice through a series of industry-driven and live international projects. Through your studies you will gain the skills required to be industry ready, developing the knowledge and know-how to secure jobs in the fashion industry - especially in computer-aided design (CAD) and the global supply chains. You will develop a broad range of skills and study the underpinning theory of the design process, including fashion range development, trend research, specification development, design and production management, and pattern and garment construction skills. In your studies you will learn: fashion design and drawing computer-aided design patternmaking and grading computer-aided patternmaking and grading fashion trend research production planning specifications garment construction supply chain management sustainability Career Graduates of this program have found employment with leading fashion organizations in Australia and overseas as: designers pattern makers and graders product developers specification technicians quality assurance officers production controllers illustrators small fashion business owner/operators. As a fashion designer your work activities may include: researching emerging trends in fashion, fabrics, colours and shapes creating design concepts and presenting them using hand-drawn or computer-aided design sketches developing fashion ranges working within a team to develop patterns or adapt existing patterns and designs for either boutique or large scale production overseeing production liaising with design teams, buyers and forecasters sourcing, selecting and buying fabrics, trims, fastenings and embellishments developing sample garments Pathway options You are guaranteed entry into the Associate Degree in Fashion Design and Technology on successful completion of the following RMIT programs. The program you complete determines whether you are eligible for credit exemptions: Diploma of Fashion Styling Advanced Diploma of Textile Design and Development – you will receive 12 credit points of advanced standing Alternatively you can gain entry from RMIT Foundation Studies or a range of vocational study programs. Further study When you successfully complete the Associate Degree in Fashion Design and Technology you are guaranteed entry into a range of other RMIT programs. The grades you achieve determine the programs you can get into and the amount of credit you will receive. If you achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0, you are guaranteed entry into the Bachelor of Fashion (Design Technology). If you achieve a minimum GPA of 3.0, you will receive 2 semesters of advanced standing (equivalent to 96 credit points) in the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours). If you achieve below the minimum GPA, you may still apply and will need to submit a folio. You will be assessed on a case by case basis and credit is not guaranteed. Alternatively, you may be eligible for entry into other RMIT undergraduate programs.