Training
•Costume design for theatre, film, video, and costume styling
•Costume history with research, resourcing, budgeting, and shopping
•Sketching, character and inspiration boards, and swatching
•Pattern drafting and draping, fabric selection, cutting, fitting, and construction
•Wardrobe practice including pulling a show, accessories, alteration and maintenance, shop organization, managing a crew, and striking a show
Professional Development
•Career routes include costume design for theme parks and games, apprenticing with an established designer, professional costume shops and rental houses, and cruise ship work
Degree Flexibility
•Associate degree route through the Theatre Academy costume program, structured as a design and production transfer pathway toward CalArts
•Costume students take the degree when they intend to transfer to a university program rather than move straight into the profession
