BS Textile Design

Overview

The Bachelor of Science (BS) degree program in Textiles Design provides students with a comprehensive education in the art and techniques of designing various aspects of textiles, including structures, surfaces, materials, products, bodies, and spaces. This program offers a blend of traditional and modern digital approaches to textile design, equipping students with a versatile skill set that is highly relevant in today’s global market.

In our studios, workshops, and classrooms, students acquire a wide range of skills, including print and stitch embellishment, dyeing, mixed media construction, and material selection and manipulation. This equips them to create textiles that are visually appealing, functional, and suitable for their intended purposes.

The program also provides students with the flexibility to specialize in various areas of textile design. They can choose to focus on textiles for fashion, exploring the interplay between fabrics and garment design. Alternatively, they may specialize in textiles for interiors, learning to design textiles that transform interior spaces, creating ambiance and visual impact. Students can also opt for textiles for design/crafts, where they explore the intersection of textile design with other creative disciplines such as product design and craft traditions.

Guest lectures, industry collaborations, and field visits are integral to the program, providing students with valuable insights and exposure to real-world practices and trends. Upon completing this course, students develop practical, professional, and entrepreneurial skills, enabling them to work effectively as part of a team or establish their own textile business.

Why Study at PAF IAST?

Location and Ambience

PAF IAST is nestled in natural mountains that flank its campus from all sides, offering one even the ravishing view of snow-capped peaks of Nathiagali and natural winding trails. To its north-west is Tarbela Lake, a journey of only a few kilometers from the campus. Set in the middle of the campus is a natural lake, fed by the springs of surrounding mountains. The campus is just a 3-kilometer drive from the Hazara Motorway. The ideal setting equally conducive to academic activity and aesthetic sensibilities of the human eye is a serene island of its own kind, far from the chaos, congestion, and cacophony of metropolitan culture. The major cities like Islamabad, Abbottabad, are just an hour’s drive, while small towns like Wah, Hasanabadal, Taxila, and Swabi can be reached in just half an hour.

Technology Advancement and Foreign Partnership

This institute is an emerging center of excellences, with its own technology park. All faculty members hold PhD degrees in appropriate disciplines. By virtue of its wide array of facilities and the facilitation for its students to learn and benefit both from classroom teaching and faculty trained at premier Austrian universities/institutions, the institution is ideally cut out for imparting state-of–the-art engineering and allied education in Pakistan. The institute enjoys close linkages with top ranking universities in Austria and China. We have already concluded with them formal agreements regarding student and faculty exchange programs, provision of dual degrees in certain areas, and the training support from foreign faculty. cities like Islamabad, Abbottabad, are just an hour’s drive, while small towns like Wah, Hasanabadal, Taxila and Swabi can be reached in just half an hour.

Academia-Industry Relationship

There is a strong synergetic relationship between academia and industry which paves the way for job opportunities for students even in the midst of their studies. PAF IAST will serve as a welcome platform for the industry to share their requirements for a skilled workforce. This will enable the institute to incorporate their valuable inputs in practical vocational training and expose the students to industrial perspectives

On-Spot Industry Internship

It will be a mandatory requirement for every student to do an internship every semester in an appropriate industry. This will garner them practical experience related to their respective degree programs. To crown it all, Technology Park will afford them rare opportunities to apply themselves innovatively and become promising entrepreneurs.

Need and Merit-based Scholarships

Different types of local and foreign scholarship opportunities are available on need and merit base.

Employment Opportunities

Textile is a growing industry and candidates interested in making a mark in the field of fashion, garments and Fiber manufacturing can go for Textile Engineering. This program offers a bright career for the students because the demand and supply of textiles will never diminish.

Following are the employment opportunities that can be made available to Textile designers from SDAAT.

  • Textile Designer
  • Textile Engineer
  • Fiber Artist
  • Clothing/ Color Technologist
  • Textile expert for Interior Designing firms

Course Curriculum

SDAAT Foundation -1st Semester

Code

Course

Credit

SS- 102

English Language & Communication Skills  

3(3-0)

SS-112

Pakistan Studies (2)

2(2-0)

COMP-102

Introduction to ICT

3(2-1)

DAA-101

Foundation Drawing

3(0-3)

DAA-151

History of Art & Design-I

2(2-0)

DAA-121

Introduction to Digital Tools

2(0-2)

DAA-102

Object in 3D

2(0-2)

 

Total Credit

17(9-8)

SDAAT Foundation -2nd Semester

Code

Course

Credit

SS-111

Islamic Studies

2(2-0)

MGT-262

Entrepreneurship

3(3-0)

DAA –141

Introduction to Digital Media

2(2-0)

DAA-132

Design Thinking

2(2-0)

DAA – 103

Drawing-I

2(0-2)

DAA – 122

Digital Tools-I

3(0-3)

DAA – 104

Introduction to Drafting

2(0-2)

 

Total Credit

18(11- 5)

Semester 3

Code

Course

Credit

SS- 203

Technical and Business Writing

3(3-0)

MTH-101

Mathematics for Art & Design

3(3-0)

FTD-233

Pattern Making

2(0-2)

DAA-241

Fundamental of photography

2(0-2)

FTD-214

Weaving-I

2(0-2)

TXD -213

Studio I

3(0-3)

FTD-234

Surface Design I

2(0-2)

FTD-232

Fashion Illustration

2(0-2)

Semester 4

Code

Course

Credit

COMP-111

Programming Fundamental

4(3-1)

FTD -232

Textile Material and Construction

2(2-0)

FTD -215

Weaving-II

2(0-2)

FTD -231

Color Theory and Application

2(2-0)

FTD-212

Draping-I

2(0-2)

TXD -217

Studio-II

3(0-3)

FTD -235

Surface Design-II

2(0-2)

FTD -211

Sewing-I

2(0-2)

 

Total

19(5-14)

Semester 5

Code

Course

Credit

DAA-305

Research Methods & Report Writing

2(2-0)

FTD–311

Studio-III

5(2-3)

FTD – 312

Design Management

2(2-0)

FTD-351

Theory of Art & Design-I

2(2-0)

FTD-317

Draping-II

2(0-2)

FTD-315

Sewing-II

2(0-2)

 

Elective Courses

2(2-0)

 

Total

17(10-7)

Semester 6

Code

Course

Credit

TXD-313

Studio-IV

5(2-3)

FTD-312

Theory of Art & Design-II

2(2-0)

FTD-352

Sacred Geometry

3(0-3)

FTD-314

Textile Technology

2(2-0)

 

Elective Courses

3(0-3)

 

Total

17(8-9)

Semester 7

Course

 Code

Title of Course

Credit Hrs.

IEC

SS-220

Organizational Behavior

3(3-0)

ICC

SS-310

Professional Ethics

3(3-0)

 DCC

 TXD – 461

Project-I

6(2-4)

DEC

Select 1 course from the list of Degree Elective Courses worth 3 Credit Hrs.

4(0-4)

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

16(8-8)

Semester 8

Course

 Code

Title of Course

Credit Hrs.

 DCC

TXD – 462

Project-II

9(2-7)

DEC

Select 1or 2 courses from the list of Degree Elective Courses worth 4 Credit Hrs.

 4(4-0)

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

13(6-7)

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