The History of Fashion

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Discuss the development of costume from ancient to present time.
• Critique the role of costume in various cultures, both of the past and present.
• Weigh the historical conditions—social, political, economic and technical—which influenced the mode of clothing worn during a given time period.
• Describe the historic development of the textile and apparel industries throughout Western Europe and the United States from home/cottage work to the international/global textile and apparel industries.
• Relate clothing worn with the conditions of the people who wore it.
• Develop a working knowledge of historic dress to use as reference points for contemporary design and use.

MAC Health and Wellness Student Learning Outcomes

• Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts or information.
• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Four exams (150 pts each)	600 points
Contemporary Design Project	150 points
Artifact Analysis	100 points
Historic designer biography	50 points
Period film analysis	50 points
Attendance/participation	50 points
Total possible points	1000 points

Final letter grades will be determined from the percentage of points earned out of the total possible points. The following percent scale will be used to assign grades:

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
100 - 93	A
92 - 90	A-
89 - 87	B+
86 - 83	B
82 - 80	B-
79 - 77	C+
76 - 73	C
72 - 70	C-
69 - 67	D+
66 - 63	D
62 - 60	D-
Below 60	F

Attendance/Participation:

Class attendance is expected. Up to three unexcused absences are allowed without affecting your attendance grade. After that, your attendance grade will drop with each additional absence. Ten or more unexcused absences will result in a zero for your attendance grade, and/or you may be dropped from the course. Exams missed due to an unexcused absence may NOT be made up.

An excused absence is limited to illness documented by a physician’s statement on original letterhead or death in the immediate family. Written documentation must be submitted within one week of the absence. Exams missed due to an unexcused absence may NOT be made up.

Students who expect to miss class due to university-sponsored events must notify the instructor at least five class days in advance and arrange to complete missed work as practicable. Documentation of participation may be required.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Tortora, Phyllis & Eubank, Keith. (2015, 6th Edition or later). Survey of Historic Costume, A History of Western Dress. New York: Fairchild.