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Minor in Fashion Studies

Revised 2020-2021.

Students admitted before Fall 2020 may follow this curriculum or the one published in the 2020-2021 Calendar.

The Fashion Studies Minor will allow students to pursue a primarily lecture-based overview of the fashion industry, including history, design, textiles, and marketing. The Minor is of interest to students not enrolled in the School of Fashion who wish to understand the various components of the fashion industry.

Required courses include a focus on both design and commercial aspects which explores the use of trend information and appropriate material selection for different segments of the fashion marketplace.

Administered by: School of Fashion

Exclusions: This minor is not available to students in the following programs:


To receive this Minor, students must complete six (6) courses from the following curriculum:

Required courses (2):

FSN 199 Fashion: The Industry
or
 
FSN 105 Fashion Systems 
   
FSN 223 Fashion Concepts and Theory

Plus four (4) of the following:

FSN 101 Discovering Textiles
FFS 102 Dress, the Body, and Identity
FFS 110 Art and Historical Change: Revival and Renewal
FFS 402 Fashion and Modernity
FFS 511 Fashion and the Abject Body
FFS 710 Post-Colonial Perspectives
FSN 203 History of Design
FSN 224 Fashion History in Context
FSN 302 History of Costume I
FSN 503 Design, Text and Ideas
FSN 504 Fashion Culture - Suffragettes to CEO's
FSN 510 Fashion Film, Cinema and New Media
FSN 555 History of Fashion Illustration
FSN 704 Dress-Cultural Transformation

Please see  (PDF file) Senate Policy 2, Section 7.4 for further information about Minors.