Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design
Concentration in Fashion Studies (Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design)
Students on Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025 requirements FDSTUDSCON
Requirements
The concentration requires at least 21 credit hours (in addition to the courses taken in the core of
the major), including the requirements listed below.
- Electives. 21 credit hours:
- SOAD-F 301 Fashion Studies: Topics in Cultural Analysis
- SOAD-F 311 History of Dress
- SOAD-F 312 Dress Studies: Autobiographies of Dress
- SOAD-F 352 Fashion Studies: Aesthetic Analysis
- SOAD-F 401 Fashion Studies: Fashion and Social Issues
- SOAD-F 402 Collection Management for Historic Textiles and Costumes
- SOAD-F 406 Fashion Studies: Fashion Theory
- SOAD-F 411 Fashion Studies: Behavioral Analysis
- SOAD-F 485 Advanced Special Topics in Fashion Design
- SOAD-M 416 Sustainability in Product: Fashion Design, Merchandising, and Retailing
- MSCH-J 326 Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Media
SOAD-F 301 Fashion Studies: Topics in Cultural Analysis
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Dress as a reflection of the physical, social, psychological, and aesthetic environment of various non-US cultures; responses to and uses of dress as an aspect of global culture and individual behavior. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
SOAD-F 311 History of Dress
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-F 203 or AMID-F 203
- Description
- Dress in Western civilization relating to social, economic, political, and religious events from early civilization through seventeenth century.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AMID-F 311 or SOAD-F 311.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
SOAD-F 312 Dress Studies: Autobiographies of Dress
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- at least junior standing or consent of instructor
- Description
- Critical reading of autobiographies from diverse perspectives (race, class, gender, religion, disability, etc.) in order to develop empathy for the values and needs of diverse fashion consumers. Includes reflection/discussion about the practice of reading and writing autobiographies.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
SOAD-F 352 Fashion Studies: Aesthetic Analysis
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Aesthetics of dress as a medium of visual communication. Considerations include aesthetic norms, color psychology, elements and principles of design, appearance management strategies, and design process.
SOAD-F 401 Fashion Studies: Fashion and Social Issues
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing
- Description
- Explores aspects of contemporary fashion and how societal issues manifest in fashion phenomena of the 20th and 21st centuries. Areas to be explored may include diversity and inclusivity, the effects of media on body image, the impact of new technologies on fashion and lifestyle trends, future fashion, and gender fluidity.
SOAD-F 402 Collection Management for Historic Textiles and Costumes
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-F 203 or AMID-F 203
- Description
- Curatorial methods and procedures in museum collection management specifically related to historic textiles and costumes. Topics may vary to include accessioning, cataloging, artifact research and identification, exhibition, conservation, computer utilization.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in AMID-F 402 and SOAD-F 402.
SOAD-F 406 Fashion Studies: Fashion Theory
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Survey of methodologies and research techniques for analysis of fashion diffusion and change.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AMID-F 406 or SOAD-F 406.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
SOAD-F 411 Fashion Studies: Behavioral Analysis
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Basic concepts and theories from social psychology are used to study how clothing affects the self and others.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
SOAD-F 485 Advanced Special Topics in Fashion Design
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Description
- Advanced selected topics in an area of fashion design. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in AMID-F 485, AMID-F 490, and SOAD-F 485.
SOAD-M 416 Sustainability in Product: Fashion Design, Merchandising, and Retailing
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Senior standing
- Description
- Examination of sustainability concepts as applied to decision making throughout the process of product design, development, retailing, use, and disposal.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AMID-R 416 or SOAD-M 416.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SLcourseSpring 2025CASE SLcourse
MSCH-J 326 Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Media
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the world of media related to fashion, beauty, and lifestyle (FBL). Focuses on cultural influence, media history, sustainability, and the future of FBL. Includes analysis of bodies of knowledge associated with past and present expressions of human behaviors, beliefs, and experiences related to FBL.
- Concentration GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Concentration GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the concentration—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Concentration Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the concentration.
- Concentration Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the concentration must be completed at the 300–499 level.
Concentration Area Courses
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Courses that may apply toward the Credit Hours and GPA requirements in this academic program include all courses listed on the requirement course lists at the time the course was taken as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent.
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Concentration in Fashion Studio (Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design) (FDSTDIOCON)
Exceptions to and substitutions for concentration requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.