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<noframes><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../templates/cai.css" type="text/css"> </head> <base target="parent"> <table width="570" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" style="font-family: Verdana"> <tr> <td width="90" valign="top"><img src="../images/img_buste.jpg" width="80" height="168"> </td> <td valign="top"><p class="head1">Programs</p> <p class="1c"><font color="#CC0000"> <font face="Verdana"><strong>ACA Degree Programs</strong></font></font></p> <p><font color="#666666">ACA, located in the prestigious Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, is a collaborative center of fashion education that fosters a work and learning environment, which provides innovative, challenging, and flexible on-site learning programs and course offerings tailored realistically to the needs of the Industry. </font> <p><font color="#666666">ACA comprises the following </font> <font color="#CC9900"> <b>Degree Programs</b></font><font color="#666666"> for high school graduates (or at least 18 years old) who seek a successful professional career in the Fashion Industry: </font> <ul> <li> <font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/afa_f_design.html"> <font color="#666666">Associate of Arts Degree in Fashion Design</font></a></b><u> <br><br> </u> </font> <li> <font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/afa_p_design.html"> <font color="#666666">Associate of Arts Degree in Pattern Design</font></a></b></font><u><font color="#666666"><br> <br></font></u> <li> <font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/bfa_f_design.html"> <font color="#666666">Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fashion Design</font></a></b><u><br> <br> </u> </font> <li> <font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/bfa_p_design.html"> <font color="#666666">Bachelor of Arts Degree in Pattern Design</font></a></b><u> </u> </font> </ul> <p> <b><font color="#CC0000">ACA Certificate Programs</font></b><font color="#666666"> </font> <p><font color="#666666">For </font> <b><font color="#CC9900">Professional Fashion Designers or Pattern Designers</font><font color="#CC0000"> </font> </b><font color="#666666">who want to broaden their skills (Academy of Couture Art Advanced Certifications - nights and/or weekends programs): </font> <ul> <li> <font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/cr_d_lab.html"> <font color="#666666">Creative Fashion Design Laboratory Certificate</font></a></b><br> <br> </font> <li> <font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/cr_p_lab.html"> <font color="#666666">Creative Pattern Design Laboratory Certificate</font></a></b> </font> </ul> <p><font color="#666666">For</font><font color="#CC9900"> <b>Fashion and related Industries Professionals</b></font><font color="#666666"> wanting to understand and learn Fashion Design and/or Pattern Design techniques (Academy of Couture Art Professional Certifications - nights and/or week-end programs): </font> <ul> <li> <font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/pro_d_lab.html"> <font color="#666666">Professional Fashion Design Laboratory Certificate</font></a></b><u> </u><br> <br> </font> <li> <font color="#666666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/pro_p_lab.html"> <b><font color="#666666">Professional Pattern Design Laboratory Certificate</font></b></a></font></ul> <p class="1c"> <b><font color="#CC0000">ACA Intensive English Language Program</font></b><font color="#666666"> </font></p> <p class="1c"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#666666">For</font><font color="#CC9900"> </span>International Students<span style="font-weight: 400"> </span></font> <span style="font-weight: 400">who want to study in the US<font color="#CC9900"> </span>and Non-Natives<span style="font-weight: 400"> </span></font> <span style="font-weight: 400">who need to develop their English skills</span><font color="#666666"><span style="font-weight: 400">:</span></font></p> <ul> <li> <p class="1c"><font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/pro_p_lab.html"> <font color="#666666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/esl.html"> <font color="#666666">ESL Certificate</font></a></font></a>s</b></font><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="curricul/esl.html"><font color="#666666"> of Achievement</font></a> <font color="#CC0000"> </font></p> </li> </ul> <p class="1c"><font face="Verdana" color="#CC0000"><strong>ACA Recreational Programs</strong></font></p> <p class="1c"><font color="#666666"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="Recreational.html"> <font color="#666666">“Learn how to make your own clothes” like the experts.</font></a></b></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#666666">Using our exceptional French Couture method you will quickly learn how to make amazing clothes to fit yourself.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#666666">In this fun recreational class of 3 hours a week, you will create garments starting from the basics all the way to tailoring.</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#666666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="Recreational.html"> <font color="#666666">"Learn Fashion Sketching and Illustration"</font></a></b></font><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#666666">Learn how to develop and draw fundamental fashion figures using European colors. This course will stress the movement and proportions of both male and female fashion figures and garment details through analysis of photographs and figure research as a basis for the creation of fashion design sketches in pencil and watercolor. </font> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b><font color="#666666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_parent" href="Recreational.html"> <font color="#666666">"Summer Fashion Camp"</font></a></font></b><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #666666">This introductory Fashion camp is conceived to awaken creativity, motivation, and a sense of achievement among the participants. Using our exceptional French Couture method, students learn quickly how to design and make amazing clothes. They also learn the secrets of measurement that set French Couture apart with its impeccably fitting results.</span></td> </tr> </table> </noframes>