Writing & Research in the Disciplines courses engage with the communications and information literacy skills relevant to the particular discipline at an advanced, upper-division level. Writing for Fashion Designers enables Fashion majors to explore the variety of writings in and about their discipline while developing essential communications skills through frequent writing assignments. The course is integral to the senior project for Fashion majors.COURSE DESCRIPTIONAll fashion designers have to tell the story of their creative vision - who they are, what inspires them, what their aspirations are for their designs. Thus, we will write across a variety of genres - from fact-based reporting to field notes to aspirational statements - to get a feel for some of the tools and techniques available to you as designers. This course is designed to give you intensive practice in essential language skills that you will use throughout your life, as a student, as a citizen, and as a designer. These include aural and visual modes of language processing: listening, reading, speaking and writing. While our goal is to craft and polish drafts to narrate your senior project, we will be employing all four of these modes as you draft, revise, and polish your writing projects. We will investigate ideas of "fashion" throughout the term, and look at the methods used to talk about why we make what we make and why we wear what we wear. Reading goes hand-in-hand with writing and each week you will engage in broader cultural conversations via texts - books, Web sites, films, etc. You will develop a point of view on your own work and others' work - by engaging with theory, critical review, magazine and newspaper articles, and field work. This course is designed for Fashion Design majors. All others who wish to enroll must have instructor approval.

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