COSTUME DESIGN LEVEL 1

The Costume Design Level 1 program emphasizes historical costume, costume design, drawing, costume shop discipline and organization, costume storage organization, sewing, and stagecraft. All training is geared towards preparing students for the Costume Design Level 2 program and careers in costuming, costume design, and related industries. 

		2017-18	2017-18	2018-19	2018-19
CB01: Course Department Number	CB02: Course Title	Annual # Sections	Annual Enrollment Total	Annual # Sections	Annual  Enrollment Total
THEATER 400	COSTUME PERIODS AND STYLES	2	84	2	60
THEATER 262	SPECIAL PROJECTS	4	119	2	61
THEATER 425	APPLIED COSTUMING FOR THE THEATER	2	102	2	122
THEATER 411	COSTUMING FOR THE THEATER	2	42	-	-
THEATER 413	COSTUME DYEING AND PAINTING	1	18	-	-
THEATER 414	COSTUME DRAPING AND ACCESSORIES	-	-	1	36
THEATER 415	COSTUME DESIGN FOR THE THEATRE	-	-	1	36
THEATER 416	MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE COSTUMER	1	17	-	-
THEATER 417	COSTUMING FOR FILM	1	23	-	-
THEATER 419	COSTUME ILLUSTRATION	-	-	1	14
THEATER 420	COSTUMING ON SET	-	-	1	15

Projected Completers: 5-15 students

The Costume Design Level 1 program emphasizes historical costume, costume design, drawing, costume shop discipline and organization, costume storage organization, sewing, and stagecraft. All training is geared towards preparing students for the Costume Design Level 2 program and careers in costuming, costume design, and related industries. 

PROGRAM STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate basic competency and use of costume shop tools for the design, production, maintenance, and alteration of costume garments.  
2. Demonstrate basic proficiency in hand sewing, basic pattern drafting, machine sewing, and rendering.  
3. Organize data in a computer database.  
4. Serve as technical crew, designer’s assistant, designers and or crew heads in the realization of costumes for a fully produced theater event.  
5. Identify theater literature and visual styles, practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events. 

As a replacement of an existing skills certificate, the Costume Design Level 1 certificate of achievement will continue meet the objectives and conditions of higher education and community college education. This career and technical education certificate that leads to jobs in the industry directly aligns with the college mission to “empower students from the diverse communities it serves to achieve their educational and career goals by providing learner-centered pathways to success through transfer, career and technical education, and foundational skills programs.” 

The Educational and Strategic Master Plan calls for improving college effectiveness through ongoing and systematic cycles of improvement that accomplish the college mission and educational strategic plan. A state-approved certificate will improve student choices for educational objectives and job opportunities. The creation of a new certificate increases student success by providing support and guidance to promote student completion of degrees, certificates, and transfer-readiness. 

As the college is already offering a similar program (Costume Design Level 1 skills certificate) faculty are available to teach this program and no additional resources are required. 

Ongoing program review demonstrates continuous efforts in quality improvement, including periodic review of  institution set standards for student achievement, which includes statistical information regarding completions of certificates and job placements. This certificate of achievement qualifies students for careers in costuming, costume design, and related industries and will continue to support job placements in the industry. 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
THEATER 400	COSTUME PERIODS AND STYLES	3	S1
THEATER 425-1	APPLIED COSTUMING FOR THE THEATER I	4	S1
THEATER 411, OR THEATER 413, OR THEATER 414, OR THEATER 415, OR THEATER 416, OR THEATER 417, OR THEATER 419, OR THEATER 420	COSTUMING FOR THE THEATER COSTUME DYEING AND PAINTING COSTUME DRAPING AND ACCESSORIES COSTUME DESIGN FOR THE THEATRE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE COSTUMER COSTUMING FOR FILM COSTUME ILLUSTRATION COSTUMING ON SET	3	S1
THEATER 411, OR THEATER 413, OR THEATER 414, OR THEATER 415, OR THEATER 416, OR THEATER 417, OR THEATER 419, OR THEATER 420	COSTUMING FOR THE THEATER COSTUME DYEING AND PAINTING COSTUME DRAPING AND ACCESSORIES COSTUME DESIGN FOR THE THEATRE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE COSTUMER COSTUMING FOR FILM COSTUME ILLUSTRATION COSTUMING ON SET	3	S1
THEATER 262-1	SPECIAL PROJECTS I	2	S2
THEATER 425-2	APPLIED COSTUMING FOR THE THEATER II	4	S2
THEATER 411, OR THEATER 413, OR THEATER 414, OR THEATER 415, OR THEATER 416, OR THEATER 417, OR THEATER 419, OR THEATER 420	COSTUMING FOR THE THEATER COSTUME DYEING AND PAINTING COSTUME DRAPING AND ACCESSORIES COSTUME DESIGN FOR THE THEATRE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE COSTUMER COSTUMING FOR FILM COSTUME ILLUSTRATION COSTUMING ON SET	3	S2
THEATER 411, OR THEATER 413, OR THEATER 414, OR THEATER 415, OR THEATER 416, OR THEATER 417, OR THEATER 419, OR THEATER 420	COSTUMING FOR THE THEATER COSTUME DYEING AND PAINTING COSTUME DRAPING AND ACCESSORIES COSTUME DESIGN FOR THE THEATRE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE COSTUMER COSTUMING FOR FILM COSTUME ILLUSTRATION COSTUMING ON SET	3	S2

Costume Design Level 1 existing skills certificate will be discontinued and replaced by the Certificate of Achievement.

In the LACCD district, Pierce offers a Theater: Costume AA Degree. East LA College received approval for a new Costume Design & Technology Certificate of Achievement in 2018. Unlike the ELAC certificate, the LACC Costume Design level 1 certificate can be accomplished in 1 year. This proposed certificate is a revised version of an existing skills certificate that has been successfully offered at LACC for many years. LACC participates regularly in District Discipline Committee meetings comprised of Theater faculty from all schools in the District. The community colleges with the most completions in the region are LACC, Saddleback, and Mt. San Antonio. As such, LACC is primed to continue offering a high number of awards in costume design to students in its service area. Other colleges offer certificates in Technical Theater Technology. Those technology certificates focus on areas such as scenery, lighting, and other theater technology skills rather than costuming.

5-15 Students