1. Engage in active learning through online delivery. Students
are expected to take responsibility for their own learning and
work with the instructor to create an interactive 
2. Develop critical thinking skills that would allow them to
interpret and analyze relevant information related to the 
history of dress while they apply this knowledge to their 
specific majors using adequate terminology
3. Communicate and express opinions, ideas, and concepts in an
organized manner, thus making important contributions to the
learning process of the online class
4. Comprehend the historic development of clothing and textiles
in the context of a specific time period and geographical
location with an emphasis on the study of the history of 
clothing from the French Revolution to the twenty-first century
5. Identify the influence of cultural values, ethnic background,
class, and gender in the development of clothing and textiles
during the 19th and 20th centuries
6. Identify the influence of customs, art, religion, economy,
politics, and technological advancements in the historic
development of clothing and textiles
7. Develop an appreciation for historic clothing and textiles as
an inspiration for contemporary designs and trends
8. Identify specific contributions of the figure of the designer
and other fashion innovators in the historical development of
clothing and textiles
9. Determine the relationship between specific cultural 
backgrounds and contemporary trends in clothing and textiles
10. Gain understanding of the interrelatedness of cultural
diversity and the development of twentieth century fashion by
recognizing multi-cultural influences on fashionable dress

Module 1: Introduction
1. Definitions and Critical Approaches
2. Functions of Dress
3. Methodological and Historical Considerations

Module 2: Neoclassicism and Romanticism
1. Overview of the Eighteenth Century
2. The French Revolution and the Directoire Period
3. Introduction to XIX Century and Neoclassical Art
4. Empire Period
5. Romantic Period

Module 3: The Victorian Era
1. Mid-XIX Century Art
2. Crinoline Period
3. Late XIX Century Design
4. The Arts and Crafts Movement, William Morris, Liberty & Co.
5. The Aesthetic Movement
6. The Bustle Period
7. Charles Frederick Worth
8. Art Noveau
9. The 1890s

Module 4: The Edwardian Era and World War I
1. Turn of the Century
2. Modernism, Belle Epoque and Orientalism
3. Edwardian Period
4. Designers: Paul Poiret, Lucile, Callot Souers, Jacques 
Doucet, Jeanne Paquin, Mariano Fortuny, Sonia Delauney
5. The Isms
6. The 1910s and World War I

Module 5: Early 20th Century Modernism
1. Art Deco
2. Early Hollywood Influences
3. The 1920s
4. The 1930s
5. Bauhaus School
6. 1920 and 1930s Designers: Coco Chanel, Madame Gres, Madelaine
Vionet, Cristobal Balenciaga, Adrian, Edith Head, Orry-Kelly,
Irene Sharaff
7. 1940s: Industrial Designers. War and Restrictions.  Fascist
Propaganda
8. 1940s Designers: Claire McCardell, Nina Ricci, Muriel King,
Norman Norell, Bonnie Cashin, Pauline Trigere, Salvatore
Ferragamo, Charles James, Hattie Carnegie

Module 6: The Post WWII Era
1. Late 1940s and Early 1950s
2. Postwar Reconstruction and Design
3. 1950s
4. Television, Affluence, and Consumerism
5. Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Residential Design
6. Femininity, Teenage Culture
7. Fashion Photography
8. 1950s Fashion Designers: Dior, Balenciaga, Jacques Fath,
Balmain, Chanel, Hardy Amies

Module 7: The Postmodern Era
1. 1960s: Eclecticism, Pop and Opt Art, Space Age, Psychedelia
and Hippies
2. 1960s Designers: Saint Laurent, Quant, Hubert de Givenchy,
Oleg Cassini, Pierre Cardin, Andre Coureges, Emanuel Ungaro, 
Paco Rabanne, Emilio Pucci, Biba, James Galanos, Valentino
3. 1970s: Radical Chic, Folkloric look, Military Style,
Environmental concerns
4. Disco, Punk and Glam
5. 1970s Designers: Kenzo, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, 
Geogrey Beene, Halston, Ossie Clark, Ralph Lauren, Mary 
McFadden, Zandra Rhodes, Bill Givv, Yuki, Laura Ashley
6. 1980s Postmodernism, High Tech, Corporate Design, Computer
Age, Consumerism and Logos, Fitness Craze and Dress for Success
7. 1980s Designers:  Armani, Moschino, Vuitton, Galliano,
Kawakubo, Versace, Karan, Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, Lagerfeld,
Lacroix, Kamali, Perry Ellis, Jacobs, Galanos
8. 1990s: Globalization, Internet, Cyber-fashion, Goth, Grunge,
Rasta, Urban, Hip-Hop, Ghetto-fabulous
9. 1990s Fashion Designers: Sui, McQueen Romeo Gigli, Rifat
Ozbek, Dolce & Gabbana, Martin Margiela, Helmut Lang, Julien
MacDonald, Tom Ford, Hilfiger, Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Prada,
Mizrahi, Spade, Watanabe
10. Overview of the early twenty-first century