Syllabus
FAS 248
ADVANCED FASHION DRAWING AND ILLUSTRATION
Spring 2018
TTH 9:30 AM - 12:15 AM
LOCATION: CWS 101
INSTRUCTOR: Stephanie Carlo
OFFICE: CWS 202
TELEPHONE: 573-876-7175
E-MAIL: [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS: MWF 1PM – 2PM
FAS 248 – ADVANCED FASHION DRAWING AND ILLUSTRATION
(Prerequisite: FAS 246 with a C- or better; lab fee charged) Focuses on fashion illustration and may include study of proportions as well as fabrics and designs appropriate for men's and children's wear. Live models used extensively to gain better understanding of fashion figures. Exploration of graphic design principles, layout and different media for advertising, promotion and fashion presentation.
RATIONALE:
This course will help students to perfect the skills learned in FAS 246 – Fashion Drawing by experimenting with the media. Students will learn new illustration techniques and will put them into practice by creating work for editorials and advertising. They will research professional fashion illustrators to understand and learn different ways to create fashion illustrations and fashion drawings. Students will achieve this by replicating illustrator’s work and by creating their own based on the media used.
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES:
MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
I’m giving you the tools to explore who you really are, what you are capable of and leading you to become the best version of the future you.
DS LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Stephens College School of Design and Fashion has outlined nine key learning outcomes that students should master by the time they graduate.
School of Fashion and Design graduates will:
In this class our activities will support all the outcomes but focus most on Creative Thinking and Problem Solving. We will introduce skills and you will continue to develop them in future fashion courses.
FAS 248 LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
MISSION STEPHENS COLLEGE
Learn. Grow. Lead.
VALUES
Stephens College is committed to its Ten Ideals as core values that inspire and enrich our lives:
VISION
Inspired by its tradition as an undergraduate women’s college, Stephens College engages lifelong learners in an educational experience characterized by intellectual rigor, creative expression, and professional practice, supported by accomplished faculty, talented staff, and engaged alumnae/alumni. Graduates of Stephens College are educated in the liberal arts, informed by diverse perspectives, and committed to lives of leadership, integrity and service.
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
In the Stephens College School of Design, we blend creation with disruption to cultivate creative leaders who will thrive in human-centered, market-driven careers.
Design School courses emphasize design thinking, communication and collaboration/leadership skills in rigorous curricula characterized by a progression from excitement to purpose.
Design thinking is a human-centered, market-driven, collaborative problem-solving process sparked by experimentation and play. It is a process that begins with considering user needs and progresses through a creative problem-solving process that includes these stages:
Discover • Define • Ideate • Experiment • Make • Market • Evolve.
FASHION PROGRAM
The Fashion Programs educate students to become accomplished, versatile fashion professionals. Students learn by doing via industry-based and industry-assessed projects, a required internship and a cumulative senior capstone project. Our curriculum emphasizes exceptional technical skills, marketable creativity, analytical and critical thinking, creative problem solving and professional communication.
IF YOU NEED HELP . . .
Please contact the professor immediately in class, during office hours or by email with questions about projects or problems or should you have any other concerns or suggestions. Email is checked during normal business hours and usually at least once per weekend. Beyond that, the Margaret Campbell Student Success Center provides free academic support to full-time students. The Center’s services include writing assistance, tutoring, and help with study skills. The MCSSC is located on the main floor of Hugh Stephens Library. Hours and specific services are posted on the MCSCC’s website.
EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES
Students are expected to attend any external activities that faculty deem necessary throughout the semester. This may include any program, school or college-wide events scheduled during the semester that are designated professional development events.
GRADING AND EVALUATION:
GRADING SCALE:
A 93% - 100% C 73% - 76.9%
A- 90% - 92.9% C- 70%- 72.9%
B+ 87% - 89.9% D+ 67% - 69.9%
B 83% - 86.9% D 63% - 66.9%
B- 80%- 82.9% D- 60%- 62.9%
C+ 77% - 79.9% F 59.9% AND BELOW FAILING
Grades in the A range are awarded for excellent achievement only; B range grades are awarded for good work, the C range denotes average achievement, the D range denotes below average achievement. F means the work is unacceptable.
You must achieve a C- or better in this course to advance in your major.
PROJECT GRADES
All projects will be graded on a 100-point scale with the exception of the Final Project. In addition to specific criteria, projects may be graded on effort, execution, professional presentation, and thoroughness. Please keep all submissions/projects for class discussions, your personal files and your academic portfolio.
FINAL GRADE
The final grade will be based on an accumulated number of points through assessment of specific criteria on each project, class participation (attendance, preparedness, discussion, etc) and the final project. Creativity, originality, effort and delivery.
When evaluating assignments instructor looks for:
o Effort and time invested wisely
o Originality of design
o Technical excellence
o Ability to articulate ideas
o Willingness to take risks
o Conceptualization of project
o Independent thinking
o Presentation and installations
o Innovation in materials
POLICIES
Professional conduct will be expected in your interactions with the instructor and your classmates. No screens are permitted in class unless you are requested to use a device for a specific exercise. If your cell phone rings during class, you will receive an absence for that day. If you are found doing activities other than course work, you will be counted absent for the day.
Fashion Program and School Policies:
Policies explained in the Fashion Program Handbook and Within the Ivy (https://www.stephens.edu/assets/Uploads/Student-Handbook-Sept-2017.pdf) will be observed.
COURSE SPECIFICS
Please be aware that this is a hands-on course, which will require materials and findings from outside of the classroom environment. The instructor will not slow down for students that aren’t prepared with proper materials at the start of class.
COMMUNICATION & EXPECTATIONS
In your future careers, you will be expected to provide impeccable customer service and behave as a professional in every circumstance. In order to adequately prepare for your future, you will act accordingly in each and every class period. It is expected that you attend and participate in class. When in the company of industry professionals, please act and dress accordingly. Remember, you will be making an impression on them, whether you realize it or not. You are to be respectful of all guests, your classmates and your professor, as if they were your internal and external customers.
STUDENT CORRESPONDENCE
All email correspondence for this course should be sent from your Stephens College email account to my Stephens College email account. The professor will not be responsible for answering your questions if your email does not come from your Stephens College email account. Additionally, the professor will only email you at your Stephens email account.
SCHOLARLY and CREATIVE WORK
All works submitted for credit must be original works created by the student for this course with the exception of the illustration replicas. It is considered inappropriate and plagiarism, and falls under the academy honesty policy if students reuse work from a former course. Please see additional notes on Academic Integrity. The exception is if the professor specifically requests you use a previously written or designed assignment.
PARTICIPATIONThis course requires active participation in class. It is expected that required reading and exercises would be completed prior to class time in order to fully participate in class sessions. Students are expected to be prepared and come equipped with all supplies and books necessary for the day’s work. Review the syllabus schedule for details PRIOR to coming to class. Bring your sketchbook to every class.
ATTENDANCE
To prepare you to become a successful professional working in the fashion industry, this course has an attendance policy. Students are expected to attend class, much as workers are expected to go to work. Absence from class for any reason (except athletes participating in previously documented Stephens College athletic events or students who have made prior arrangements with the ADA/Section 504 Coordinator and the instructor) counts as an absence and does not exempt a student from completion of all work required for a course.
Arriving over 15 minutes late will count as an absence. Five unexcused absences will lower your final grade five points, and each additional absence will lower your grade an additional five points. This means that if you have three absences and a 92% in the class your grade would drop from an A- to a B+.
Your instructor will expect an email explaining any absence but will not excuse any absences. If a student misses a class, it is her responsibility to obtain information missed. Leaving early receives the same penalty as arriving late and will affect your final grade. Students working on projects other than those for FAS 248 will be counted absent. Students texting or with ringing cell phones during class may be counted absent. If you sleep during class or act in an unprofessional manner, you may be asked to leave class and will be counted absent.
Being on time to class is as important as being on time to work. Being late to class repeatedly is unprofessional and disrespectful. Three late arrivals (5 minutes or more) without prior excuse will count as one absence. Being late for a presentation may affect your project grade.
ADA
If you require reasonable disability-related accommodations, please register your official ADA-approved documentation with Sady Mayer Strand, ADA/504 Coordinator at the Student Success Center ([email protected] or 573-876-7240). After you have registered with the ADA/504 Coordinator for the semester and have arranged to have your accommodations letters sent to your instructors, please meet with me regarding your accommodations as soon as possible. Please note that retroactive accommodations will not be provided, and no accommodations will be provided without notification from the ADA/504 Coordinator.
Additionally, please inform the instructor immediately if you need to disclose emergency medical information or need to make arrangements in the event the classroom and/or classroom building must be evacuated.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Academic honesty must be paramount in a community devoted to learning and the exchange of educational information. Academic dishonesty refers to behaviors that violate the academic standards of the College. The full definition of academic honesty and procedures may be found on the Stephens website (https://www.stephens.edu/assets/Uploads/Student-Handbook-Sept-2017.pdf).
Design work should be original to the best of your abilities.
Each student will be expected to complete all portions of individual projects, including all portions of project execution on her own. Enlisting hands-on help from others (for example, actively creating pieces of a project) will be considered academic dishonesty in individual projects and may result in a failing grade on the project. However, receiving input from others in a critique format is encouraged. Collaboration is OK and is expected on team projects. If working on <individual> exercises or other projects in study groups, make sure your work is your own; turning in identical work will be considered academic dishonesty. If confused about this, consult the professor.
CONSEQUENCES
The penalty for academic dishonesty is a zero on the relevant project. A second incident of academic dishonesty will result in you failing the course. For written assignments, it is expected that your work will be original and cited APA style. Projects containing plagiarism, whether intentional or not, will receive a zero. If you wish to refer to another’s ideas or words, they must be paraphrased or placed in quotes with the source properly cited APA style both within the text of the paper and also in a bibliography or source list. The Academic Standing Committee will be notified of any instances of academic dishonesty.
GUIDELINES FOR VISUAL WORK
Visual studio work may refer to, respond to, or imitate work from others’ sources; this is acceptable if the original source is properly acknowledged and the student’s work presented as a response, homage, or imitation thereof. There must be no intent to deceive. In an educational setting, the use of outside materials in a composite work such as a collage or photomontage is acceptable (e.g. magazine photographs used in a trend board or computer-generated layout). Copyright laws prohibit this usage in a professional, non-educational setting. You are encouraged to significantly alter images acquired from outside sources to gain practice in generating original work.
LATE WORK
All assignments are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise noted. 5% will be subtracted for projects turned in by class time on the first calendar date after the due date, 10% if turned in the second calendar date after the due date, 15% if turned in the third calendar date after the due date. Projects will not be accepted thereafter and will receive a zero.
See the Canvas site for the full Fashion Department Late Policy and be sure to review the policy for turning in a late project. Note: this policy is in place for emergencies; missing deadlines in this class will hamper your success and cause you to fall far behind.
Involvement in extracurricular activities such as sororities will not be considered valid excuses for missing class, critiques or being late on projects.
Sickness does not excuse you from turning in a project on time. The late policy is seen as a last resort should you get sick or have some other sort of “emergency.” Fashion Program faculty encourage you to get your work done before due dates to avoid any penalties associated with late work.
Technology issues also do not excuse you from turning in a project on time. Plan ahead. The faculty recommend completing and printing projects involving computer work at least 24 hours prior to the due date in order to avoid inevitable mishaps. You should back up your work in several places. Under NO circumstances will a student be allowed in a professor’s office when the professor is not present to pick up or drop off work. Presentations cannot be made up without prior arrangement, and then only in extreme circumstances. If you know you will miss a class when you are scheduled to present, contact the professor immediately. You may be given an alternate assignment but alternates are not given retroactively. If you are a no-show to a team presentation, you will receive a 0 on the presentation portion and may be penalized by your team in the evaluations.
Incomplete work will NOT BE ACCEPTED. All work must be completely finished to be graded.
WORKSPACE
Students are responsible for keeping the work area orderly. Please be respectful of other students. The classrooms are to be kept as neat and clean as possible. There are several trash receptacles available for your use. Trash is NOT to be left on the tables or floor. Please be sure that the table is clean when you leave the room. Smoking is NOT allowed anywhere on the Stephens College campus.
Spray adhesive is not to be used in any studio or classroom, and its use inside the building may cause your grade to drop. Do not use Exacto knives directly on any schoolwork surface.
ACCIDENTS
Please inform a department instructor should any sort of accident occur. The Fashion Program has first aid supplies. Please see Liz Armstrong or a faculty member should you need any sort of first aid supply. Additionally, the studios have small first aid kits available. Should an accident occur while working in the studios at night, please contact a security guard immediately.
TECHNOLOGY
For your file security and optimal computer performance, no student files may be saved locally.
Therefore, all digital work you create for any course should be saved in your network folder and on your personal backup device (flash drive, external HD or your own cloud storage). DO NOT download images or save files to the desktop in Stephens computer labs.
To access your network folder: log in to the computer. Click on the Network icon, then StudentHome > Your name. This is your own storage space, accessible from off campus via portal.stephens.edu > Web Storage. We may also use a shared folder in this course: Network > ClassShare > semester > course number.
SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS SKETCHBOOK
Each student is required to document his or her work and thinking process for this course including the research for each project. Your sketchbook must be maintained throughout the semester and compiled in an organized fashion that can be periodically reviewed. It is expected that it will be filled not only with notes, sketches, collages, but also with observations and inspirations from daily life. All of your inspiration does not have to come from “fashion.” Our personal experiences and interpretations of the world are often far more potent. Examples of what to include in your sketchbook could be: collections of images, writings, responses to readings and assignments, quotations, reflections on exhibits, drawings, photo collage, etc.
*Sketchbook must be brought to every class
PROJECT SUPPLIES
(More may be added during the semester)
THE CLASS PERIOD
Covers lectures, demonstrations, sample making and discussion. Students are expected to learn by observing the problems encountered by their classmates and their solutions, as well as by their own efforts. Students are expected to be prepared PRIOR to each class for the assignments described in the Syllabus, and come equipped with all supplies and books necessary for the day’s work. Review the schedule for details before each class.
Students are responsible for the ALL of the information contained in this Syllabus and on the project sheets.
ADVANCED FASHION DRAWING AND ILLUSTRATION
Spring 2018
TTH 9:30 AM - 12:15 AM
LOCATION: CWS 101
INSTRUCTOR: Stephanie Carlo
OFFICE: CWS 202
TELEPHONE: 573-876-7175
E-MAIL: [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS: MWF 1PM – 2PM
FAS 248 – ADVANCED FASHION DRAWING AND ILLUSTRATION
(Prerequisite: FAS 246 with a C- or better; lab fee charged) Focuses on fashion illustration and may include study of proportions as well as fabrics and designs appropriate for men's and children's wear. Live models used extensively to gain better understanding of fashion figures. Exploration of graphic design principles, layout and different media for advertising, promotion and fashion presentation.
RATIONALE:
This course will help students to perfect the skills learned in FAS 246 – Fashion Drawing by experimenting with the media. Students will learn new illustration techniques and will put them into practice by creating work for editorials and advertising. They will research professional fashion illustrators to understand and learn different ways to create fashion illustrations and fashion drawings. Students will achieve this by replicating illustrator’s work and by creating their own based on the media used.
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES:
- Drawing Fashion: A Century of Fashion Illustration Hardcover by J. Chariau
- Fashion Illustration: Inspiration and Technique by Anna Kiper
- 100 Years of Fashion Illustration by Cally Blackman
- Fashion Portfolio: Design & Presentation by Anna Kiper
MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
I’m giving you the tools to explore who you really are, what you are capable of and leading you to become the best version of the future you.
DS LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Stephens College School of Design and Fashion has outlined nine key learning outcomes that students should master by the time they graduate.
School of Fashion and Design graduates will:
- Comprehensively explore and analyze topics, ideas and artifacts in order to formulate a conclusion from a unique and informed perspective (Critical Thinking);
- Create innovative solutions informed by thorough research—by synthesizing ideas, images or expertise in original, imaginative ways and taking risks (Creative Thinking);
- Analyze issues, use design thinking techniques and explore multiple ideas to design strategies that answer complicated questions in order to achieve desired and effective solutions (Problem Solving);
- Develop and clearly express concepts, data, and ideas by writing in various formats and styles and addressing different audiences (Written Communication);
- Plan and effectively deliver professional, persuasive and organized oral presentations, both formal and informal, to a variety of audiences (Oral Communication);
- Demonstrate an understanding of complex, interdependent global systems and their implications for people’s lives and the earth’s sustainability, completing projects that consider the world’s pressing issues and associated ethical decisions (Global Learning).
In this class our activities will support all the outcomes but focus most on Creative Thinking and Problem Solving. We will introduce skills and you will continue to develop them in future fashion courses.
FAS 248 LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Be more confident with different illustration medias.
- Create professional fashion illustrations with industry standards
- Record inspiration, explore ideas, conduct design research and document processes in a design journal
- Use graphic design principles to create advertising or promotional materials with illustrations
- Use color theory and have a better understanding of the use of color
- Presentation skills and the used of different materials to show their work.
- Have a better conceptualization of an idea.
MISSION STEPHENS COLLEGE
Learn. Grow. Lead.
VALUES
Stephens College is committed to its Ten Ideals as core values that inspire and enrich our lives:
- Respect for our own dignity and the dignity of others, embodied in a sense of social justice
- Courage and persistence
- Independence, autonomy and self-sufficiency
- Support for others through the willingness to take and give criticism, acceptance and love
- Sensitivity to the uniqueness and fragility of the natural world of which we are part
- Responsibility for the consequences of our choices
- Belief in our changing selves and in our right to change
- Creativity in the spiritual and aesthetic dimensions of life
- Intelligence that is informed and cultivated, critical yet tolerant
- Leadership which empowers others
VISION
Inspired by its tradition as an undergraduate women’s college, Stephens College engages lifelong learners in an educational experience characterized by intellectual rigor, creative expression, and professional practice, supported by accomplished faculty, talented staff, and engaged alumnae/alumni. Graduates of Stephens College are educated in the liberal arts, informed by diverse perspectives, and committed to lives of leadership, integrity and service.
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
In the Stephens College School of Design, we blend creation with disruption to cultivate creative leaders who will thrive in human-centered, market-driven careers.
Design School courses emphasize design thinking, communication and collaboration/leadership skills in rigorous curricula characterized by a progression from excitement to purpose.
Design thinking is a human-centered, market-driven, collaborative problem-solving process sparked by experimentation and play. It is a process that begins with considering user needs and progresses through a creative problem-solving process that includes these stages:
Discover • Define • Ideate • Experiment • Make • Market • Evolve.
FASHION PROGRAM
The Fashion Programs educate students to become accomplished, versatile fashion professionals. Students learn by doing via industry-based and industry-assessed projects, a required internship and a cumulative senior capstone project. Our curriculum emphasizes exceptional technical skills, marketable creativity, analytical and critical thinking, creative problem solving and professional communication.
IF YOU NEED HELP . . .
Please contact the professor immediately in class, during office hours or by email with questions about projects or problems or should you have any other concerns or suggestions. Email is checked during normal business hours and usually at least once per weekend. Beyond that, the Margaret Campbell Student Success Center provides free academic support to full-time students. The Center’s services include writing assistance, tutoring, and help with study skills. The MCSSC is located on the main floor of Hugh Stephens Library. Hours and specific services are posted on the MCSCC’s website.
EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES
Students are expected to attend any external activities that faculty deem necessary throughout the semester. This may include any program, school or college-wide events scheduled during the semester that are designated professional development events.
GRADING AND EVALUATION:
- Sketchbook 100pts
- Project 1 100pts
- Project 2 100pts
- Project 3 100pts
- Project 4 100pts
- Final Project 300pts
- Attendance and participation 100pts
GRADING SCALE:
A 93% - 100% C 73% - 76.9%
A- 90% - 92.9% C- 70%- 72.9%
B+ 87% - 89.9% D+ 67% - 69.9%
B 83% - 86.9% D 63% - 66.9%
B- 80%- 82.9% D- 60%- 62.9%
C+ 77% - 79.9% F 59.9% AND BELOW FAILING
Grades in the A range are awarded for excellent achievement only; B range grades are awarded for good work, the C range denotes average achievement, the D range denotes below average achievement. F means the work is unacceptable.
You must achieve a C- or better in this course to advance in your major.
PROJECT GRADES
All projects will be graded on a 100-point scale with the exception of the Final Project. In addition to specific criteria, projects may be graded on effort, execution, professional presentation, and thoroughness. Please keep all submissions/projects for class discussions, your personal files and your academic portfolio.
FINAL GRADE
The final grade will be based on an accumulated number of points through assessment of specific criteria on each project, class participation (attendance, preparedness, discussion, etc) and the final project. Creativity, originality, effort and delivery.
When evaluating assignments instructor looks for:
o Effort and time invested wisely
o Originality of design
o Technical excellence
o Ability to articulate ideas
o Willingness to take risks
o Conceptualization of project
o Independent thinking
o Presentation and installations
o Innovation in materials
POLICIES
Professional conduct will be expected in your interactions with the instructor and your classmates. No screens are permitted in class unless you are requested to use a device for a specific exercise. If your cell phone rings during class, you will receive an absence for that day. If you are found doing activities other than course work, you will be counted absent for the day.
Fashion Program and School Policies:
Policies explained in the Fashion Program Handbook and Within the Ivy (https://www.stephens.edu/assets/Uploads/Student-Handbook-Sept-2017.pdf) will be observed.
COURSE SPECIFICS
Please be aware that this is a hands-on course, which will require materials and findings from outside of the classroom environment. The instructor will not slow down for students that aren’t prepared with proper materials at the start of class.
COMMUNICATION & EXPECTATIONS
In your future careers, you will be expected to provide impeccable customer service and behave as a professional in every circumstance. In order to adequately prepare for your future, you will act accordingly in each and every class period. It is expected that you attend and participate in class. When in the company of industry professionals, please act and dress accordingly. Remember, you will be making an impression on them, whether you realize it or not. You are to be respectful of all guests, your classmates and your professor, as if they were your internal and external customers.
STUDENT CORRESPONDENCE
All email correspondence for this course should be sent from your Stephens College email account to my Stephens College email account. The professor will not be responsible for answering your questions if your email does not come from your Stephens College email account. Additionally, the professor will only email you at your Stephens email account.
SCHOLARLY and CREATIVE WORK
All works submitted for credit must be original works created by the student for this course with the exception of the illustration replicas. It is considered inappropriate and plagiarism, and falls under the academy honesty policy if students reuse work from a former course. Please see additional notes on Academic Integrity. The exception is if the professor specifically requests you use a previously written or designed assignment.
PARTICIPATIONThis course requires active participation in class. It is expected that required reading and exercises would be completed prior to class time in order to fully participate in class sessions. Students are expected to be prepared and come equipped with all supplies and books necessary for the day’s work. Review the syllabus schedule for details PRIOR to coming to class. Bring your sketchbook to every class.
ATTENDANCE
To prepare you to become a successful professional working in the fashion industry, this course has an attendance policy. Students are expected to attend class, much as workers are expected to go to work. Absence from class for any reason (except athletes participating in previously documented Stephens College athletic events or students who have made prior arrangements with the ADA/Section 504 Coordinator and the instructor) counts as an absence and does not exempt a student from completion of all work required for a course.
Arriving over 15 minutes late will count as an absence. Five unexcused absences will lower your final grade five points, and each additional absence will lower your grade an additional five points. This means that if you have three absences and a 92% in the class your grade would drop from an A- to a B+.
Your instructor will expect an email explaining any absence but will not excuse any absences. If a student misses a class, it is her responsibility to obtain information missed. Leaving early receives the same penalty as arriving late and will affect your final grade. Students working on projects other than those for FAS 248 will be counted absent. Students texting or with ringing cell phones during class may be counted absent. If you sleep during class or act in an unprofessional manner, you may be asked to leave class and will be counted absent.
Being on time to class is as important as being on time to work. Being late to class repeatedly is unprofessional and disrespectful. Three late arrivals (5 minutes or more) without prior excuse will count as one absence. Being late for a presentation may affect your project grade.
ADA
If you require reasonable disability-related accommodations, please register your official ADA-approved documentation with Sady Mayer Strand, ADA/504 Coordinator at the Student Success Center ([email protected] or 573-876-7240). After you have registered with the ADA/504 Coordinator for the semester and have arranged to have your accommodations letters sent to your instructors, please meet with me regarding your accommodations as soon as possible. Please note that retroactive accommodations will not be provided, and no accommodations will be provided without notification from the ADA/504 Coordinator.
Additionally, please inform the instructor immediately if you need to disclose emergency medical information or need to make arrangements in the event the classroom and/or classroom building must be evacuated.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Academic honesty must be paramount in a community devoted to learning and the exchange of educational information. Academic dishonesty refers to behaviors that violate the academic standards of the College. The full definition of academic honesty and procedures may be found on the Stephens website (https://www.stephens.edu/assets/Uploads/Student-Handbook-Sept-2017.pdf).
Design work should be original to the best of your abilities.
Each student will be expected to complete all portions of individual projects, including all portions of project execution on her own. Enlisting hands-on help from others (for example, actively creating pieces of a project) will be considered academic dishonesty in individual projects and may result in a failing grade on the project. However, receiving input from others in a critique format is encouraged. Collaboration is OK and is expected on team projects. If working on <individual> exercises or other projects in study groups, make sure your work is your own; turning in identical work will be considered academic dishonesty. If confused about this, consult the professor.
CONSEQUENCES
The penalty for academic dishonesty is a zero on the relevant project. A second incident of academic dishonesty will result in you failing the course. For written assignments, it is expected that your work will be original and cited APA style. Projects containing plagiarism, whether intentional or not, will receive a zero. If you wish to refer to another’s ideas or words, they must be paraphrased or placed in quotes with the source properly cited APA style both within the text of the paper and also in a bibliography or source list. The Academic Standing Committee will be notified of any instances of academic dishonesty.
GUIDELINES FOR VISUAL WORK
Visual studio work may refer to, respond to, or imitate work from others’ sources; this is acceptable if the original source is properly acknowledged and the student’s work presented as a response, homage, or imitation thereof. There must be no intent to deceive. In an educational setting, the use of outside materials in a composite work such as a collage or photomontage is acceptable (e.g. magazine photographs used in a trend board or computer-generated layout). Copyright laws prohibit this usage in a professional, non-educational setting. You are encouraged to significantly alter images acquired from outside sources to gain practice in generating original work.
LATE WORK
All assignments are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise noted. 5% will be subtracted for projects turned in by class time on the first calendar date after the due date, 10% if turned in the second calendar date after the due date, 15% if turned in the third calendar date after the due date. Projects will not be accepted thereafter and will receive a zero.
See the Canvas site for the full Fashion Department Late Policy and be sure to review the policy for turning in a late project. Note: this policy is in place for emergencies; missing deadlines in this class will hamper your success and cause you to fall far behind.
Involvement in extracurricular activities such as sororities will not be considered valid excuses for missing class, critiques or being late on projects.
Sickness does not excuse you from turning in a project on time. The late policy is seen as a last resort should you get sick or have some other sort of “emergency.” Fashion Program faculty encourage you to get your work done before due dates to avoid any penalties associated with late work.
Technology issues also do not excuse you from turning in a project on time. Plan ahead. The faculty recommend completing and printing projects involving computer work at least 24 hours prior to the due date in order to avoid inevitable mishaps. You should back up your work in several places. Under NO circumstances will a student be allowed in a professor’s office when the professor is not present to pick up or drop off work. Presentations cannot be made up without prior arrangement, and then only in extreme circumstances. If you know you will miss a class when you are scheduled to present, contact the professor immediately. You may be given an alternate assignment but alternates are not given retroactively. If you are a no-show to a team presentation, you will receive a 0 on the presentation portion and may be penalized by your team in the evaluations.
Incomplete work will NOT BE ACCEPTED. All work must be completely finished to be graded.
WORKSPACE
Students are responsible for keeping the work area orderly. Please be respectful of other students. The classrooms are to be kept as neat and clean as possible. There are several trash receptacles available for your use. Trash is NOT to be left on the tables or floor. Please be sure that the table is clean when you leave the room. Smoking is NOT allowed anywhere on the Stephens College campus.
Spray adhesive is not to be used in any studio or classroom, and its use inside the building may cause your grade to drop. Do not use Exacto knives directly on any schoolwork surface.
ACCIDENTS
Please inform a department instructor should any sort of accident occur. The Fashion Program has first aid supplies. Please see Liz Armstrong or a faculty member should you need any sort of first aid supply. Additionally, the studios have small first aid kits available. Should an accident occur while working in the studios at night, please contact a security guard immediately.
TECHNOLOGY
For your file security and optimal computer performance, no student files may be saved locally.
Therefore, all digital work you create for any course should be saved in your network folder and on your personal backup device (flash drive, external HD or your own cloud storage). DO NOT download images or save files to the desktop in Stephens computer labs.
To access your network folder: log in to the computer. Click on the Network icon, then StudentHome > Your name. This is your own storage space, accessible from off campus via portal.stephens.edu > Web Storage. We may also use a shared folder in this course: Network > ClassShare > semester > course number.
SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS SKETCHBOOK
Each student is required to document his or her work and thinking process for this course including the research for each project. Your sketchbook must be maintained throughout the semester and compiled in an organized fashion that can be periodically reviewed. It is expected that it will be filled not only with notes, sketches, collages, but also with observations and inspirations from daily life. All of your inspiration does not have to come from “fashion.” Our personal experiences and interpretations of the world are often far more potent. Examples of what to include in your sketchbook could be: collections of images, writings, responses to readings and assignments, quotations, reflections on exhibits, drawings, photo collage, etc.
*Sketchbook must be brought to every class
PROJECT SUPPLIES
(More may be added during the semester)
- Sketchbook
- Drawing pencils
- Eraser
- Mechanical pencils .5mm
- Micron Markers Black
- Fine point Markers (sharpies, staedtlers, etc.)
- Professional color markers of your choice
- Watercolor
- Watercolor brushes
- Mixed-media paper, Bristol or watercolor paper (no texture)
- Velum or tracing paper
- Colored paper
- Paper scissors
- Ruler
- Magazines
- Gel pens
- Color pencils
- Crayons
THE CLASS PERIOD
Covers lectures, demonstrations, sample making and discussion. Students are expected to learn by observing the problems encountered by their classmates and their solutions, as well as by their own efforts. Students are expected to be prepared PRIOR to each class for the assignments described in the Syllabus, and come equipped with all supplies and books necessary for the day’s work. Review the schedule for details before each class.
Students are responsible for the ALL of the information contained in this Syllabus and on the project sheets.