Fashion

Description

With strong industry connections, excellent facilities and a world-class program of study, ASU's fashion program is one of the best in the nation.

The concentration in fashion offers grounding in the history, social context and economics of the contemporary fashion industry. Students also have the option of pursuing more focused classes designed to introduce them to a variety of roles in this important industry: fashion history, fashion industry business practices, and fashion production. Opportunities for study abroad could further advance students' professional goals.

Taught by well-known fashion industry professionals, students enrolled in the concentration in fashion at ASU develop connections to leaders in the field.

Program Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 19 credit hours including 9 upper division hours for this concentration.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.

Required Introductory Courses - 4 credit hours

FSH 200 Textiles Survey Lab

FSH 201 Textiles Survey (3)

Fashion Theme Area Courses - 15 Credit Hours 

Students complete 15 credit hours (nine must be upper division) selecting courses across the theme areas below. Students may wish to determine which upper-division (300/400-level) courses they are interested in to ensure needed lower-division (100/200-level) prerequisite courses are taken.

Theme Area (6)

Upper Division Theme Area (9)

 

Fashion Apparel Design Theme

FSH 122 Apparel Construction I

FSH 203 Fashion Illustration I

FSH 206 Fashion Design I or FSH 294 Fundamentals of Fashion Design

FSH 208 Fashion Technology I

FSH 222 Apparel Construction II

FSH 224 Introduction to Accessory Design

FSH 303 Fashion Illustration II

FSH 306 Fashion Design II

FSH 308 Fashion Technology II

FSH 394 Draping for Fashion Design

FSH 394 Fashion design & Wearable technology

FSH 394 Materials and Techniques

FSH 394 sustainable Design Studio

FSH 412 Power Play

FSH 494 Paris Fashion and Culture Experience

 

Fashion Business and Merchandising Theme

FSH 175 Merchandising Essentials

FSH 275 Merchandising Applications

FSH 280/MKT 280 Fashion Merchandising

FSH 300 Global Fashion Industry

FSH 325 Personal Style and Wardrobe

FSH 326 Fashion Styling

FSH 375 Marketing Strategies

FSH 380 Fashion Forecasting

FSH 385 Fashion Visual Merchandising

FSH 394 Fashion Retail Management

FSH 475 Communication Strategies for Fashion

 

Fashion Culture, Criticism and Curation Theme

ARS 394: 20th Century American & European Jewelry Design

FSH 204 Social Aspects of Fashion

FSH 304 Equity and Inclusion in Fashion

FSH 331/ARS 331: 18th- and 19th- Century European Jewelry Design

FSH 360 Sustainable Systems in Fashion

FSH 435 Contemporary Fashion

FSH 494 Paris Fashion and Culture Experience

THE 430 History of Fashion I

THE 431 History of Fashion II: 20th-Century Fashion