Program Overview
The Fashion Studies Major focuses on the multi-billion dollar industry centered on the production and sale of fashion products. Students analyze consumer needs and learn how these needs are met by a complex and dynamic fashion industry, preparing for careers in apparel manufacturing, merchandising, management and/or marketing of fashion products and services. The program is based in the Department of Art and Design. For further information, go to: Fashion Studies (BA).
Program Requirements
Students must complete 42 credits of General Education requirements and 3-9 credits of World Languages and Cultures Requirements.
Fashion Studies Electives
Course List
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|
| 18 |
| Art and Design Forum | |
| Accessory Design | |
| Painting | |
| Photography | |
| Printmaking | |
| Screen Printing | |
| Introduction to Apparel Design | |
| Textile Design | |
| Advanced Clothing Construction | |
| Fashion Illustration | |
| The Marketing of Fashion | |
| Evaluating Apparel Quality | |
| Fashion Study Abroad | |
| Fashion Branding | |
| Development of Fashion Products | |
| Fashion Forecasting | |
| Apparel Design: Draping | |
| Apparel Design: Tailoring | |
| Apparel Design: Flat Pattern | |
| The Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation | |
| Creating Your Startup Business Model | |
| Preparing to Pitch and Launch Your Startup | |
| Introduction to International Business | |
| Export/Import Marketing Process | |
| International Marketing | |
| International Retailing | |
| Human Resource Management | |
| Retail Marketing and Management | |
| Buying and Distribution Strategies | |
| E-Tailing and Multi-Channel Retailing | |
| Consumer Behavior | |
| Integrated Marketing Communications | |
| Introduction to the Theatrical Medium | |
| Costume Construction I | |
| Production Costumes | |
| Introduction to Communication and Media Arts | |
| Magazine Journalism | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Business Minor Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|
| ACCT 204 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Economics and Finance for Business Minors | 3 |
| INBS 250 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| INFO 301 | Business Decision Making | 3 |
| MGMT 231 | Management Processes | 3 |
| MKTG 240 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Communication Studies Minor Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|
| CMDA 110 | Introduction to Communication and Media Arts | 3 |
| CMDA 210 | Theorizing Communication and Media Arts | 3 |
| CMDA 220 | Writing for the Media | 3 |
| 9 |
| Public Relations Principles | |
| Introduction to Health Communication | |
| Organizational Communication | |
| Listening | |
| Media History and Form | |
| New Media and Participatory Culture | |
| Communication, Media and Gender | |
| Interpersonal Communication I | |
| Democracy and Communication | |
| Building Bridges through Dialogue | |
| Intercultural Communication | |
| Nonverbal Communication | |
| Communication and Media Arts Activity | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Fashion Design Minor Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|
| ARTX 230 | Fashion Illustration | 3 |
| ARTX 355 | Fashion Branding | 3 |
| ARTX 422 | Apparel Design: Draping | 3 |
| ARTX 426 | Apparel Design: Flat Pattern | 3 |
| 6 |
| Fundamentals of Accounting | |
| Fundamentals of Adobe Creative Suite - Mac | |
| Advanced Clothing Construction | |
| Evaluating Apparel Quality | |
| Development of Fashion Products | |
| Introduction to International Business | |
| Export/Import Marketing Process | |
| International Marketing | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Fashion Merchandising Minor Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|
| ARTX 355 | Fashion Branding | 3 |
| ARTX 398 | Development of Fashion Products | 3 |
| ARTX 410 | Fashion Forecasting | 3 |
| 9 |
| Fundamentals of Accounting | |
| Fundamentals of Adobe Creative Suite - Mac | |
| Introduction to International Business | |
| Export/Import Marketing Process | |
| International Marketing | |
| Family Business | |
| Retail Marketing and Management | |
| Buying and Distribution Strategies | |
| Integrated Marketing Communications | |
| Independent Owned and Franchised Retailing | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Entrepreneurship Minor Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|
| |
| ENTR 201 | The Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation | 3 |
| ENTR 301 | Creating Your Startup Business Model | 3 |
| ENTR 302 | Preparing to Pitch and Launch Your Startup | 3 |
| ENTR 320 | Marketing for Entrepreneurs | 3 |
| or MKTG 300 | Integrated Core: Marketing |
| 3-6 |
| Entrepreneurial Accounting and Finance | |
| Fundamentals of Accounting
and Integrated Core: Finance | |
| 3 |
| Selected Topics in Entrepreneurship | |
| Entrepreneurship Cooperative Education | |
| Small Business Management | |
| Total Credits | 18-21 |
