Maricopa Community Colleges  TEC236   20016-20065 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/24/01
TEC236 20016-20065 LAB 1 Credit(s) 1.50 Period(s)
Portfolio Development
Design, produce, and present a professional portfolio. Includes material selection and techniques, customer focus, contents and organization, presentation formats, flat sketching techniques, presentation boards, and writing a resume and cover letter for potential employers. Prerequisites: TEC127, TEC135, or permission of instructor.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
TEC236   20016-20065 Portfolio Development
1. Select media, materials, and techniques for portfolio development. (I)
2. Identify customer focus as related to the production of a portfolio. (II)
3. Select specific content and organize portfolio development. (III)
4. Identify presentation formats and select appropriate format for portfolio development. (IV)
5. Sketch presentation and production flats. (V)
6. Use appropriate sketching techniques to create flats. (V)
7. Identify types of presentation boards and plan a presentation. (VI)
8. Write resume and cover letter for specific employment in the fashion industry. (VII)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
TEC236   20016-20065 Portfolio Development
    I. Material Selection and Techniques
        A. Media
          1. Water colors
          2. Acrylics
          3. Tempera
          4. Markers
          5. Colored pencils
          6. Collage
          7. Photographs
          8. Computer
        B. Case for portfolio
        C. Techniques
      II. Customer Focus
          A. Women's wear
            1. Categories
            2. Markets
          B. Men's wear
          C. Children's wear
          D. Accessories
          E. Design market
            1. Couture
            2. Designer
            3. Bridge/better
            4. Contemporary
            5. Upper moderate/lower bridge
            6. Budget
            7. Private label
            8. Mass market
          F. Company organization
        III. Portfolio Development
            A. Content
            B. Organization
          IV. Presentation Formats
              A. Orientation
              B. Page relationship
              C. Flat formats
              D. Figure composition
              E. Figure formats
            V. Flat Sketching Techniques
                A. Creating
                B. Presentation
                C. Production
              VI. Presentation Boards
                  A. Types of boards
                  B. Planning a presentation
                  C. Content
                VII. Preparing for Employment
                    A. Resume preparation
                    B. Cover letter
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